Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Hope

#389 most common girls' name of all time · #712 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#389
Rank overall
#712 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
97,793
Since 2016
12,217
Peak year
2000 #147
Best rank
#143 1999
Girls Boys peak 2,326/yr
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Hope is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 868 5 873 #352
2024 973 7 980 #317
2023 1,026 7 1,033 #302
2022 1,214 7 1,221 #258
2021 1,329 5 1,334 #226
2020 1,439 9 1,448 #202
2019 1,374 12 1,386 #227
2018 1,296 9 1,305 #252
2017 1,271 6 1,277 #250
2016 1,353 7 1,360 #238
2015 1,453 5 1,458 #226
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 1,434 5 1,439 #230
2008 1,537 5 1,542 #220
2007 1,684 1,684 #206
2006 1,778 1,778 #198
2005 1,891 6 1,897 #183
2004 1,913 16 1,929 #178
2003 1,897 9 1,906 #172
2002 2,055 2,055 #160
2001 2,180 2,180 #150
2000 2,321 5 2,326 #147
1999 2,265 6 2,271 #143
1998 1,951 5 1,956 #160
1997 1,770 1,770 #171
1996 1,610 1,610 #186
1995 1,529 6 1,535 #193
1994 1,226 5 1,231 #232
1993 956 956 #287
1992 892 892 #310
1991 1,052 1,052 #265
1990 1,056 1,056 #266
1989 872 5 877 #299
1988 823 823 #300
1987 808 808 #300
1986 910 910 #273
1985 908 908 #275
1984 812 812 #294
1983 502 7 509 #430
1982 557 557 #412
1981 651 651 #360
1980 781 5 786 #310
1979 786 7 793 #305
1978 865 9 874 #269
1977 1,019 8 1,027 #243
1976 1,151 6 1,157 #214
1975 1,208 6 1,214 #203
1974 1,298 1,298 #196
1973 950 950 #263
1972 1,296 8 1,304 #213
1971 1,454 9 1,463 #205
1970 986 7 993 #295
1969 979 10 989 #287
1968 832 5 837 #306
1967 965 5 970 #272
1966 1,359 6 1,365 #223
1965 1,153 5 1,158 #252
1964 1,275 1,275 #246
1963 588 588 #395
1962 500 500 #435
1961 512 512 #435
1960 570 570 #400
1959 563 563 #396
1958 578 578 #383
1957 441 441 #448
1956 547 547 #378
1955 552 552 #376
1954 484 484 #394
1953 456 456 #398
1952 445 445 #390
1951 468 5 473 #377
1950 474 474 #368
1949 376 6 382 #411
1948 335 8 343 #434
1947 406 8 414 #405
1946 403 403 #379
1945 215 215 #498
1944 218 218 #487
1943 295 8 303 #428
1942 315 6 321 #404
1941 233 8 241 #453
1940 213 6 219 #459
1939 223 5 228 #449
1938 251 5 256 #425
1937 227 7 234 #433
1936 200 5 205 #451
1935 163 9 172 #496
1934 187 187 #474
1933 207 207 #455
1932 195 9 204 #473
1931 194 8 202 #463
1930 239 6 245 #433
1929 253 253 #419
1928 279 5 284 #405
1927 338 8 346 #373
1926 311 8 319 #390
1925 339 14 353 #373
1924 407 11 418 #334
1923 368 12 380 #344
1922 371 16 387 #337
1921 361 18 379 #344
1920 349 18 367 #350
1919 333 12 345 #352
1918 369 13 382 #338
1917 295 9 304 #367
1916 262 9 271 #388
1915 210 10 220 #412
1914 124 124 #503
1913 104 9 113 #501
1912 94 10 104 #493
1911 67 6 73 #508
1910 62 62 #520
1909 61 61 #481
1908 38 38 #619
1907 49 49 #512
1906 51 5 56 #481
1905 36 36 #582
1904 49 49 #471
1903 47 47 #468
1902 32 5 37 #588
1901 31 31 #554
1900 35 35 #593
1899 18 18 #762
1898 33 33 #563
1897 29 29 #562
1896 30 30 #556
1895 39 39 #467
1894 35 35 #482
1893 35 35 #452
1892 22 22 #602
1891 26 26 #512
1890 26 26 #516
1889 18 18 #608
1888 6 6 #1,140
1887 16 16 #575
1886 15 15 #592
1885 20 20 #481
1884 14 14 #569
1883 17 17 #479
1882 6 6 #819
1881 7 7 #692
1880 9 6 15 #603