NameTides

Hope

Hope was the #352 girls' name in the US in 2025 (868 babies), and #180 in England & Wales and #377 in Canada.

Hope as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Hope as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesIrelandCanadaUS
Hope as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#352 (868)#180 (276)#146 (30)#205 (8)#325 (12)#377 (81)
2024#317 (973)#168 (299)#90 (48)#144 (14)#275 (15)#285 (107)
2023#302 (1,026)#160 (319)#80 (52)#178 (10)#262 (15)#290 (105)
2022#258 (1,214)#129 (387)#78 (53)#111 (20)#254 (17)#238 (122)
2021#225 (1,329)#125 (403)#69 (64)#100 (23)#209 (22)#260 (123)
2020#202 (1,439)#110 (463)#81 (54)#166 (11)#275 (15)#213 (137)
2019#227 (1,374)#127 (407)#68 (69)#144 (14)#313 (14)#207 (142)
2018#252 (1,296)#139 (379)#87 (50)#166 (13)#336 (13)#241 (130)
2017#250 (1,271)#160 (346)#101 (46)#239 (7)#241 (20)#269 (120)
2016#238 (1,353)#161 (348)#84 (56)#159 (14)#448 (9)#245 (130)
2015#225 (1,453)#144 (381)#96 (49)#175 (12)#462 (9)#195 (164)
2014#229 (1,451)#151 (362)#124 (39)#171 (12)#336 (14)#234 (142)
2013#230 (1,397)#134 (396)#107 (43)#178 (11)#286 (17)#287 (113)
2012#218 (1,456)#138 (416)#110 (44)#172 (11)#295 (17)#254 (132)
2011#227 (1,396)#167 (313)#169 (27)#180 (11)#393 (12)#227 (141)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2000 at #146.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,900 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 920common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 600common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 910common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Hope is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 2,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Hope by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #209MEWisconsin: #326WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #478WAIdaho: #244IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #502MNIllinois: #356ILMichigan: #235MINew York: #505NYMassachusetts: #375MAOregon: #619ORNevada: #235NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #354IAIndiana: #359INOhio: #401OHPennsylvania: #277PANew Jersey: #362NJConnecticut: #298CTRhode Island: #180RICalifornia: #396CAUtah: #408UTColorado: #428CONebraska: #396NEMissouri: #277MOKentucky: #307KYWest Virginia: #230WVVirginia: #376VAMaryland: #304MDDelaware: #167DEArizona: #330AZNew Mexico: #249NMKansas: #286KSArkansas: #335ARTennessee: #364TNNorth Carolina: #371NCSouth Carolina: #332SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #225OKLouisiana: #477LAMississippi: #301MSAlabama: #436ALGeorgia: #380GAHawaii: #168HITexas: #415TXFlorida: #304FL
Hope (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#31117
Ontario2024#36435

Hope (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HopeCanadaGirls#37781
HopeEngland & WalesGirls#180276
HopeEngland & WalesBoys—too few
HopeIrelandGirls#32512
HopeNorthern IrelandGirls#2058
HopeScotlandGirls#14630
HopeUSGirls#352868
HopeUSBoys#12,0085