Hope
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning expectation; desire for good things.
Babies a year
276
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#352
down from #317
UK popularity
#180
276 babies · down from #168
How Hope has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #227 |
| 2016 | #240 |
| 2017 | #250 |
| 2018 | #252 |
| 2019 | #228 |
| 2020 | #203 |
| 2021 | #228 |
| 2022 | #260 |
| 2023 | #302 |
| 2024 | #317 |
| 2025 | #352 |
In 2025, 276 babies in England and Wales were named Hope. In the US, 1,256 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold. Its US peak was 2,321 in 2000.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Hope was most common in 2000, when it went to 0.12% of American babies of that sex.
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