Hope
An English virtue name taken straight from the word, Old English hopa. Puritans adopted it alongside Faith and Charity in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Hope in 2025
Hope was given to 873 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 728th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 3,798 babies born.
The history of Hope
Hope reached its highest point in 2000, when 2,326 babies were given the name, ranking 320th that year. Its best-ever ranking was 308th, in 1999.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 97,793 babies have been named Hope. Half of them were born before 1994, which places the name's centre of gravity with Millennials.
Hope by decade
| Decade | Babies named Hope | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 134 | 861 |
| 1890s | 293 | 738 |
| 1900s | 439 | 717 |
| 1910s | 1,998 | 604 |
| 1920s | 3,486 | 611 |
| 1930s | 2,140 | 756 |
| 1940s | 3,059 | 694 |
| 1950s | 5,013 | 677 |
| 1960s | 8,764 | 404 |
| 1970s | 11,073 | 374 |
| 1980s | 7,641 | 525 |
| 1990s | 14,329 | 308 |
| 2000s | 18,736 | 320 |
| 2010s | 13,799 | 476 |
| 2020s | 6,889 | 460 |
Where Hope is heading
Hope has fallen 40% over the past decade, from 1,458 babies in 2015 to 873 in 2025.
Names like Hope
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Hope.