NameTides

Praise

Praise was the #2,645 girls' name in the US in 2025 (65 babies), and #1,454 in England & Wales and #2,475 in Canada.

Praise as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Praise as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Praise as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,645 (65)#1,454 (21)#780 (3)—#2,475 (8)
2024#3,822 (39)#1,541 (20)——#3,383 (5)
2023#3,763 (40)#2,504 (10)——#2,604 (7)
2022#3,220 (50)#2,889 (8)———
2021#3,735 (40)#3,192 (7)#792 (3)—#2,616 (7)
2020#3,338 (46)#2,615 (9)——#1,758 (12)
2019#2,962 (55)#2,458 (10)——#2,872 (6)
2018#3,158 (51)#3,178 (7)——#1,862 (11)
2017#3,387 (46)#1,817 (16)———
2016#3,523 (44)#2,367 (11)——#2,892 (6)
2015#4,488 (31)#2,328 (11)—#896 (3)#2,599 (7)
2014#4,003 (37)#1,966 (14)—#876 (3)#2,374 (8)
2013#3,573 (43)#1,360 (24)———
2012#4,387 (33)#1,483 (21)——#2,601 (7)
2011#4,568 (31)#1,489 (20)———

Praise as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Praise as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Praise as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,421 (56)#2,269 (10)——#2,527 (7)
2024#4,433 (23)#2,089 (11)———
2023#4,112 (26)#2,814 (7)———
2022#4,089 (26)#2,019 (11)———
2021#5,110 (18)#2,493 (8)———
2020#4,540 (21)#2,228 (9)——#2,431 (6)
2019#4,230 (24)#2,104 (10)———
2018#3,993 (26)#2,445 (8)———
2017#3,889 (27)#3,449 (5)——#2,762 (5)
2016#4,776 (20)#2,556 (8)—#713 (3)—
2015#3,882 (27)#2,483 (8)#686 (3)——
2014#5,252 (17)#1,819 (12)———
2013#5,923 (14)#2,660 (7)———
2012#6,626 (12)#2,117 (10)———
2011#5,945 (14)#3,300 (5)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #2,645.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1990.
  • In 2025, 54% of US babies named Praise were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 25,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 12,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare
USBoys2025about 1 in 30,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 27,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Praise is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 28,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 19,000 to 1 in 42,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Praise by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,271OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #3,095CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,386TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Praise (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
PraiseCanadaGirls#2,4758
PraiseCanadaBoys#2,5277
PraiseEngland & WalesGirls#1,45421
PraiseEngland & WalesBoys#2,26910
PraiseIrelandGirls—too few
PraiseIrelandBoys—too few
PraiseNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
PraiseNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
PraiseScotlandGirls#7803
PraiseScotlandBoys—too few
PraiseUSGirls#2,64565
PraiseUSBoys#2,42156