Praise**
#5,766 most common girls' name of all time · #9,746 across all names · 31% male / 69% female · used 1990–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#5,766
Rank overall
#9,746 of 105,966
First appeared
1990
Years on the list
33 of 146
All-time
1,359
Since 2016
743
Peak year
2025 #2,676
Best rank
#2,676 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 121/yr
Praise first appears in 1990. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | 56 | 121 | #2,676 |
| 2024 | 39 | 23 | 62 | #3,861 |
| 2023 | 40 | 26 | 66 | #3,803 |
| 2022 | 50 | 26 | 76 | #3,268 |
| 2021 | 40 | 18 | 58 | #3,772 |
| 2020 | 46 | 21 | 67 | #3,384 |
| 2019 | 55 | 24 | 79 | #2,990 |
| 2018 | 51 | 26 | 77 | #3,190 |
| 2017 | 46 | 27 | 73 | #3,424 |
| 2016 | 44 | 20 | 64 | #3,569 |
| 2015 | 31 | 27 | 58 | #4,545 |
| 2014 | 37 | 17 | 54 | #4,062 |
| 2013 | 43 | 14 | 57 | #3,631 |
| 2012 | 33 | 12 | 45 | #4,456 |
| 2011 | 31 | 14 | 45 | #4,638 |
| 2010 | 21 | 13 | 34 | #6,311 |
| 2009 | 23 | 8 | 31 | #6,015 |
| 2008 | 25 | 13 | 38 | #5,688 |
| 2007 | 32 | 8 | 40 | #4,648 |
| 2006 | 35 | 9 | 44 | #4,238 |
| 2005 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,555 |
| 2004 | 15 | 11 | 26 | #7,681 |
| 2003 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,963 |
| 2002 | 18 | 5 | 23 | #6,322 |
| 2001 | 16 | 8 | 24 | #6,888 |
| 2000 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,477 |
| 1999 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,646 |
| 1998 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,862 |
| 1997 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,099 |
| 1996 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,325 |
| 1995 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,912 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,886 |
| 1990 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,871 |