Hope is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 2000 and has grown less common since.
Hope is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #352 among girls (868) and #12,722 among boys (5) — overall #728 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 873 | 873 | #352 | #12,722 |
| 2024 | 980 | 980 | #317 | #10,283 |
| 2023 | 1,033 | 1,033 | #302 | #10,125 |
| 2022 | 1,221 | 1,221 | #258 | #10,193 |
| 2021 | 1,334 | 1,339 | #226 | #12,834 |
| 2020 | 1,448 | 1,453 | #203 | #8,310 |
| 2019 | 1,386 | 1,386 | #227 | #6,932 |
| 2018 | 1,305 | 1,305 | #252 | #8,416 |
| 2017 | 1,277 | 1,277 | #250 | #11,276 |
| 2016 | 1,360 | 1,360 | #238 | #10,054 |
| 2015 | 1,458 | 1,458 | #225 | #12,798 |
| 2014 | 1,451 | 1,451 | #229 | — |
| 2013 | 1,397 | 1,397 | #230 | — |
| 2012 | 1,456 | 1,456 | #218 | — |
| 2011 | 1,396 | 1,396 | #227 | — |
| 2010 | 1,313 | 1,313 | #240 | — |
| 2009 | 1,439 | 1,439 | #230 | #13,183 |
| 2008 | 1,542 | 1,542 | #220 | #13,266 |
| 2007 | 1,684 | 1,684 | #206 | — |
| 2006 | 1,778 | 1,778 | #198 | — |
| 2005 | 1,897 | 1,897 | #183 | #10,589 |
| 2004 | 1,929 | 1,936 | #179 | #5,095 |
| 2003 | 1,906 | 1,906 | #172 | #7,476 |
| 2002 | 2,055 | 2,055 | #160 | — |
| 2001 | 2,180 | 2,180 | #150 | — |
| 2000 | 2,326 | 2,326 | #146 | #11,029 |
| 1999 | 2,271 | 2,271 | #143 | #9,135 |
| 1998 | 1,956 | 1,956 | #160 | #10,217 |
| 1997 | 1,770 | — | #171 | — |
| 1996 | 1,610 | — | #186 | — |
| 1995 | 1,535 | — | #193 | #8,188 |
| 1994 | 1,231 | — | #232 | #9,359 |
| 1993 | 956 | — | #287 | — |
| 1992 | 892 | — | #310 | — |
| 1991 | 1,052 | — | #264 | — |
| 1990 | 1,056 | — | #266 | — |
| 1989 | 877 | — | #299 | #8,383 |
| 1988 | 823 | — | #300 | — |
| 1987 | 808 | — | #300 | — |
| 1986 | 910 | — | #273 | — |
| 1985 | 908 | — | #275 | — |
| 1984 | 812 | — | #294 | — |
| 1983 | 509 | — | #430 | #5,130 |
| 1982 | 557 | — | #412 | — |
| 1981 | 651 | — | #360 | — |
| 1980 | 786 | — | #309 | #6,641 |
| 1979 | 793 | — | #305 | #5,043 |
| 1978 | 874 | — | #269 | #3,977 |
| 1977 | 1,027 | — | #243 | #4,340 |
| 1976 | 1,157 | — | #214 | #5,197 |
| 1975 | 1,214 | — | #202 | #5,055 |
| 1974 | 1,298 | — | #196 | — |
| 1973 | 950 | — | #263 | — |
| 1972 | 1,304 | — | #213 | #3,770 |
| 1971 | 1,463 | — | #205 | #3,484 |
| 1970 | 993 | — | #295 | #4,010 |
| 1969 | 989 | — | #287 | #2,945 |
| 1968 | 837 | — | #306 | #4,381 |
| 1967 | 970 | — | #272 | #4,212 |
| 1966 | 1,365 | — | #223 | #3,692 |
| 1965 | 1,158 | — | #252 | #4,148 |
| 1964 | 1,275 | — | #246 | — |
| 1963 | 588 | — | #395 | — |
| 1962 | 500 | — | #435 | — |
| 1961 | 512 | — | #435 | — |
| 1960 | 570 | — | #400 | — |
| 1959 | 563 | — | #396 | — |
| 1958 | 578 | — | #383 | — |
| 1957 | 441 | — | #448 | — |
| 1956 | 547 | — | #377 | — |
| 1955 | 552 | — | #376 | — |
| 1954 | 484 | — | #394 | — |
| 1953 | 456 | — | #398 | — |
| 1952 | 445 | — | #390 | — |
| 1951 | 473 | — | #377 | #3,940 |
| 1950 | 474 | — | #367 | — |
| 1949 | 382 | — | #411 | #3,495 |
| 1948 | 343 | — | #434 | #2,879 |
| 1947 | 414 | — | #405 | #2,980 |
| 1946 | 403 | — | #379 | — |
| 1945 | 215 | — | #497 | — |
| 1944 | 218 | — | #487 | — |
| 1943 | 303 | — | #428 | #2,836 |
| 1942 | 321 | — | #404 | #3,372 |
| 1941 | 241 | — | #453 | #2,755 |
| 1940 | 219 | — | #459 | #3,279 |
| 1939 | 228 | — | #449 | #3,709 |
| 1938 | 256 | — | #425 | #3,754 |
| 1937 | 234 | — | #433 | #3,032 |
| 1936 | 205 | — | #452 | #3,782 |
| 1935 | 172 | — | #496 | #2,615 |
| 1934 | 187 | — | #475 | — |
| 1933 | 207 | — | #456 | — |
| 1932 | 204 | — | #473 | #2,730 |
| 1931 | 202 | — | #463 | #2,960 |
| 1930 | 245 | — | #434 | #3,784 |
| 1929 | 253 | — | #418 | — |
| 1928 | 284 | — | #404 | #4,409 |
| 1927 | 346 | — | #373 | #3,281 |
| 1926 | 319 | — | #390 | #3,252 |
| 1925 | 353 | — | #373 | #2,252 |
| 1924 | 418 | — | #334 | #2,732 |
| 1923 | 380 | — | #344 | #2,515 |
| 1922 | 387 | — | #336 | #2,093 |
| 1921 | 379 | — | #344 | #1,940 |
| 1920 | 367 | — | #350 | #1,924 |
| 1919 | 345 | — | #351 | #2,427 |
| 1918 | 382 | — | #337 | #2,323 |
| 1917 | 304 | — | #367 | #2,837 |
| 1916 | 271 | — | #388 | #2,813 |
| 1915 | 220 | — | #412 | #2,528 |
| 1914 | 124 | — | #503 | — |
| 1913 | 113 | — | #501 | #2,010 |
| 1912 | 104 | — | #493 | #1,676 |
| 1911 | 73 | — | #507 | #1,632 |
| 1910 | 62 | — | #520 | — |
| 1909 | 61 | — | #480 | — |
| 1908 | 38 | — | #622 | — |
| 1907 | 49 | — | #514 | — |
| 1906 | 56 | — | #480 | #1,322 |
| 1905 | 36 | — | #581 | — |
| 1904 | 49 | — | #471 | — |
| 1903 | 47 | — | #467 | — |
| 1902 | 37 | — | #586 | #1,216 |
| 1901 | 31 | — | #551 | — |
| 1900 | 35 | — | #595 | — |
| 1899 | 18 | — | #774 | — |
| 1898 | 33 | — | #563 | — |
| 1897 | 29 | — | #559 | — |
| 1896 | 30 | — | #560 | — |
| 1895 | 39 | — | #466 | — |
| 1894 | 35 | — | #479 | — |
| 1893 | 35 | — | #450 | — |
| 1892 | 22 | — | #604 | — |
| 1891 | 26 | — | #509 | — |
| 1890 | 26 | — | #511 | — |
| 1889 | 18 | — | #610 | — |
| 1888 | 6 | — | #1,200 | — |
| 1887 | 16 | — | #572 | — |
| 1886 | 15 | — | #586 | — |
| 1885 | 20 | — | #473 | — |
| 1884 | 14 | — | #567 | — |
| 1883 | 17 | — | #470 | — |
| 1882 | 6 | — | #851 | — |
| 1881 | 7 | — | #713 | — |
| 1880 | 15 | — | #603 | #868 |