Promise
Rank in 2025
#823
recorded as girls
#5208
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
348
girls 330 · boys 18
Peak year
2023
395 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
6,838
since 1975
Born a Promise? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Promise was most popular in 2023, when 395 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.25 per 1,000). In 2025, 330 babies were named Promise, ranking #823 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 330 | 823 | 18 | 5208 |
| 2024 | 337 | 819 | 21 | 4701 |
| 2023 | 395 | 714 | 27 | 4002 |
| 2022 | 365 | 779 | 38 | 3151 |
| 2021 | 390 | 730 | 18 | 5110 |
| 2020 | 319 | 852 | 25 | 4020 |
| 2019 | 320 | 843 | 27 | 3899 |
| 2018 | 295 | 909 | 17 | 5320 |
| 2017 | 242 | 1058 | 21 | 4594 |
| 2016 | 215 | 1171 | 10 | 7605 |
| 2015 | 246 | 1068 | 18 | 5058 |
| 2014 | 249 | 1040 | 11 | 7048 |
| 2013 | 218 | 1116 | 16 | 5404 |
| 2012 | 211 | 1162 | 9 | 8158 |
| 2011 | 217 | 1127 | 9 | 8079 |
| 2010 | 217 | 1130 | 18 | 5047 |
| 2009 | 203 | 1228 | 14 | 6095 |
| 2008 | 203 | 1238 | 14 | 6070 |
| 2007 | 179 | 1354 | 10 | 7590 |
| 2006 | 149 | 1480 | 10 | 7427 |
| 2005 | 116 | 1704 | 9 | 7640 |
| 2004 | 107 | 1781 | 9 | 7536 |
| 2003 | 98 | 1874 | 8 | 7831 |
| 2002 | 68 | 2352 | 8 | 7643 |
| 2001 | 99 | 1795 | 6 | 9243 |
| 2000 | 74 | 2158 | 6 | 9112 |
| 1999 | 61 | 2405 | 5 | 9912 |
| 1998 | 60 | 2338 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 57 | 2328 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 40 | 2966 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 45 | 2687 | 5 | 8868 |
| 1994 | 40 | 2935 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 25 | 4100 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 20 | 4849 | 5 | 8435 |
| 1991 | 12 | 6976 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 12 | 6867 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 10 | 7449 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 16 | 5065 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 21 | 3983 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 10 | 6612 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 23 | 3621 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 10 | 6291 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 17 | 4286 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 10 | 6371 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 15 | 4746 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 11 | 5912 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 10 | 6189 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 10 | 5958 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 15 | 4425 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 9 | 6048 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 5 | 9067 | <5 | — |
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Where Promise is most popular
- Georgia3.5×
- South Carolina3.2×
- Mississippi2.7×
- Alabama2.0×
- Tennessee1.8×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 94% · boys 6% across all years