NameTides

Promise

Promise was the #823 girls' name in the US in 2025 (330 babies).

Promise as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Promise as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020US
Promise as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#823 (330)———
2024#819 (337)———
2023#714 (395)#4,710 (4)—#1,774 (12)
2022#779 (365)———
2021#730 (390)———
2020#852 (319)——#2,343 (8)
2019#843 (320)#5,591 (3)—#3,266 (5)
2018#909 (295)#5,666 (3)—#3,286 (5)
2017#1,058 (242)———
2016#1,171 (215)———
2015#1,068 (246)#5,730 (3)——
2014#1,040 (249)#4,003 (5)——
2013#1,116 (218)#5,742 (3)—#2,888 (6)
2012#1,162 (211)#5,876 (3)——
2011#1,127 (217)#5,785 (3)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #714.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.
  • In 2025, 95% of US babies named Promise were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,900 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

Next year

On its recent trend, Promise is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,400 to 1 in 5,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Promise 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: #731MNIllinois: #597ILMichigan: #690MINew York: #758NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,032INOhio: #1,035OHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: #939NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,276CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #728MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #541VAMaryland: #511MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #301ARTennessee: #645TNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: #278SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #369LAMississippi: #301MSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #305GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,117TXFlorida: #515FL
Promise (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
PromiseCanadaGirls—too few
PromiseEngland & WalesGirls—too few
PromiseEngland & WalesBoys—too few
PromiseIrelandGirls—too few
PromiseIrelandBoys—too few
PromiseNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
PromiseNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
PromiseUSGirls#823330
PromiseUSBoys#5,20818