Promise*
#2,032 most common girls' name of all time · #3,472 across all names · 6% male / 94% female · used 1975–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#2,032
Rank overall
#3,472 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
6,838
Since 2016
3,430
Peak year
2023 #714
Best rank
#714 2023
Girls
Boys
peak 422/yr
Promise first appears in 1975. 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 | 330 | 18 | 348 | #825 |
| 2024 | 337 | 21 | 358 | #820 |
| 2023 | 395 | 27 | 422 | #714 |
| 2022 | 365 | 38 | 403 | #781 |
| 2021 | 390 | 18 | 408 | #731 |
| 2020 | 319 | 25 | 344 | #853 |
| 2019 | 320 | 27 | 347 | #844 |
| 2018 | 295 | 17 | 312 | #913 |
| 2017 | 242 | 21 | 263 | #1,061 |
| 2016 | 215 | 10 | 225 | #1,172 |
| 2015 | 246 | 18 | 264 | #1,072 |
| 2014 | 249 | 11 | 260 | #1,046 |
| 2013 | 218 | 16 | 234 | #1,119 |
| 2012 | 211 | 9 | 220 | #1,165 |
| 2011 | 217 | 9 | 226 | #1,133 |
| 2010 | 217 | 18 | 235 | #1,130 |
| 2009 | 203 | 14 | 217 | #1,230 |
| 2008 | 203 | 14 | 217 | #1,239 |
| 2007 | 179 | 10 | 189 | #1,356 |
| 2006 | 149 | 10 | 159 | #1,486 |
| 2005 | 116 | 9 | 125 | #1,714 |
| 2004 | 107 | 9 | 116 | #1,792 |
| 2003 | 98 | 8 | 106 | #1,879 |
| 2002 | 68 | 8 | 76 | #2,366 |
| 2001 | 99 | 6 | 105 | #1,803 |
| 2000 | 74 | 6 | 80 | #2,168 |
| 1999 | 61 | 5 | 66 | #2,419 |
| 1998 | 60 | — | 60 | #2,359 |
| 1997 | 57 | — | 57 | #2,346 |
| 1996 | 40 | — | 40 | #3,007 |
| 1995 | 45 | 5 | 50 | #2,729 |
| 1994 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,976 |
| 1993 | 25 | — | 25 | #4,215 |
| 1992 | 20 | 5 | 25 | #4,983 |
| 1991 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,244 |
| 1990 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,138 |
| 1989 | 10 | — | 10 | #7,827 |
| 1988 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,269 |
| 1987 | 21 | — | 21 | #4,095 |
| 1986 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,991 |
| 1985 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,721 |
| 1984 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,694 |
| 1983 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,457 |
| 1982 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,800 |
| 1981 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,941 |
| 1980 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,274 |
| 1979 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,641 |
| 1978 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,353 |
| 1977 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,645 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,577 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,498 |