How Many People Are Named Promise?
people named Promise are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 50,395 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,838 babies named Promise in Social Security records from 1975 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
422 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Promise, 94% were girls and 6% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1980s: 100% of the babies were girls then and 93.6% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Promise alive today is about 11 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Promise first appears in the records in 1975 and was given most often in 2023, to 422 babies. In 2025, 348 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1975 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Promise has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #714, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #826.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #826 |
| Best rank | #714 (2023) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,059 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Promise alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Promise were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 489 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Promise was given 3.1 times as often in Georgia, 3.1 times in South Carolina and 1.9 times in Michigan.
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