How Many People Are Named Guadalupe?
people named Guadalupe are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,839 people in the US has this name
Based on 91,997 babies named Guadalupe in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,656 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, meaning "Our Lady of Guadalupe". Guadalupe is a Spanish place name, the site of a famous convent, which means "river of the wolf" in Arabic. In the 16th century Our Lady of Guadalupe supposedly appeared in a vision to a native Mexican man, and she is now regarded as a patron saint of the Americas.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Guadalupe, 76.7% were girls and 23.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Guadalupe rose from 74.4% in the 1880s to 87.6% in the 2020s. It was lowest in the 1930s, at 58.6%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Guadalupe alive today is about 39 years old, and 41% are under 30. Half of them were between 22 and 56 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Guadalupe first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1997, to 1,656 babies. In 2025, 204 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Guadalupe has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #210, in 1997. In 2025 it ranked #1,248. Among boys, its best rank was #308, in 1931.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,248 | #4,298 |
| Best rank | #210 (1997) | #308 (1931) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #257 in the 2000s | #415 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Guadalupe alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Guadalupe were born in California than in any other state: about 25,299 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Guadalupe was given 5.5 times as often in Texas, 3.4 times in New Mexico and 3.1 times in Arizona.
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