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Promise

girls’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Promise is ranked 818th among girls in 2024 (336 births). Its best rank was 716th, in 2023.

Rank in 2024
#818down 102 from 2023
Births in 2024
3360.02% of girls
Peak year
2023393 births
Best rank
#716in 2023
Since 1975
6,483people given the name
Babies named Promise, by year of birthgirls
012525037550018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

6,089 girls have been named Promise in the United States since 1975, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 393 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2010s alone account for 40%. It has spent 7 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

It is overwhelmingly a girl’s name: 394 boys have also been given it, 6.1% of the total.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Promise
1970s49
1980s143
1990s372
2000s1,296
2010s2,429
2020s1,800

In 2023, its biggest year

Promise was the 716th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2023 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2023.

Names that rose and fell with Promise

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.