How Many People Are Named Hope?
people named Hope are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,010 people in the US has this name
Based on 97,793 babies named Hope in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,326 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English word hope, ultimately from Old English hopian. This name was first used by the Puritans in the 17th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Hope (99.7%) were girls. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 95.5% of the babies were girls then and 99.4% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hope alive today is about 32 years old, and 55% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 49 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hope first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2000, to 2,326 babies. In 2025, 873 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hope has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #143, in 1999. In 2025 it ranked #352.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #352 |
| Best rank | #143 (1999) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #185 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hope alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hope were born in Texas than in any other state: about 6,639 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hope was given 2.7 times as often in Rhode Island, 2 times in Maine and 1.6 times in South Dakota.
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