Promise
#823 for girls in 2025, 330 births · #5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births
Given to girls 94.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2023 · 395 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,426since 1975
Promise over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #823 | 330 | #5,208 | 18 |
| 2024 | #819 | 337 | #4,701 | 21 |
| 2023 | #714 | 395 | #4,002 | 27 |
| 2022 | #779 | 365 | #3,151 | 38 |
| 2021 | #730 | 390 | #5,110 | 18 |
| 2020 | #852 | 319 | #4,020 | 25 |
| 2019 | #843 | 320 | #3,899 | 27 |
| 2018 | #909 | 295 | #5,320 | 17 |
| 2017 | #1,058 | 242 | #4,594 | 21 |
| 2016 | #1,171 | 215 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #1,068 | 246 | #5,058 | 18 |
| 2014 | #1,040 | 249 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #1,116 | 218 | #5,404 | 16 |
| 2012 | #1,162 | 211 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #1,127 | 217 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #1,130 | 217 | #5,047 | 18 |
| 2009 | #1,228 | 203 | #6,095 | 14 |
| 2008 | #1,238 | 203 | #6,070 | 14 |
| 2007 | #1,354 | 179 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | #1,480 | 149 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #1,704 | 116 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #1,781 | 107 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #1,874 | 98 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #2,352 | 68 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #1,795 | 99 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #2,158 | 74 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #2,405 | 61 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #2,338 | 60 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,328 | 57 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,966 | 40 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,687 | 45 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #2,935 | 40 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,100 | 25 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,849 | 20 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,621 | 23 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | — | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Promise! It came in at #9,067, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1975, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Promise is popular in 2013
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Ohio#598 · 1 in 3,287
- Florida#614 · 1 in 3,246
- North Carolina#617 · 1 in 3,164
- Michigan#655 · 1 in 3,470
- Georgia#656 · 1 in 3,325
Best ever in a state: #170 in District of Columbia, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | #598 | 16 | 1 in 3,287 |
| Florida | #614 | 25 | 1 in 3,246 |
| North Carolina | #617 | 14 | 1 in 3,164 |
| Michigan | #655 | 12 | 1 in 3,470 |
| Georgia | #656 | 14 | 1 in 3,325 |
| Virginia | #680 | 10 | 1 in 3,628 |
| Louisiana | #716 | 6 | 1 in 3,359 |
| Indiana | #724 | 8 | 1 in 3,729 |
| South Carolina | #735 | 5 | 1 in 3,503 |
| Alabama | #766 | 5 | 1 in 3,735 |
| Tennessee | #803 | 7 | 1 in 4,248 |
| Missouri | #915 | 5 | 1 in 5,404 |
| Illinois | #969 | 10 | 1 in 5,795 |
| Texas | #1,254 | 19 | 1 in 8,472 |
| New York | #1,718 | 7 | 1 in 13,037 |
| California | #1,919 | 12 | 1 in 17,097 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Promise
- 4 spots since 2024 (#819 → #823)
- 29 spots since 2020 (#852 → #823)
- 245 spots since 2015 (#1,068 → #823)
- Biggest jump: 149 spots in 2018 (#1,058 → #909)
- Biggest drop: 105 spots in 2024 (#714 → #819)
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 2023 at #714 (395 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 2018–2025
- Highest: 1 in 4,062 girls born in 2023 were named Promise (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,871 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 37.8% of all girls named Promise (2,430) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 49 | #4,425 (1977) | #6,337 |
| 1980s | 143 | #3,621 (1985) | #5,434 |
| 1990s | 372 | #2,328 (1997) | #3,845 |
| 2000s | 1,296 | #1,228 (2009) | #1,696 |
| 2010s | 2,430 | #843 (2019) | #1,062 |
| 2020s | 2,136 | #714 (2023) | #786 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Promise in 2013
Top girls' names in 2013
Top boys' names in 2013
More about 2013
girls
1,754,746 girls got a published name in 2013; 1 in 8,049 of them was named Promise, which outranked 94.2% of the 19,279 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,111Ellianna219
- #1,111Haylie219
- #1,111Rhea219
- #1,116Promise218
- #1,116Ashtyn218
- #1,116Maisie218
- #1,116Remy218
- #1,121Elina216
- #1,121Jakayla216
- #1,121Kelsie216
Tied with 4 names at #1,116; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,891,581 boys got a published name in 2013; 1 in 118,224 of them was named Promise, which outranked 61.6% of the 14,070 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,171Zayed17
- #5,171Zeth17
- #5,171Zoltan17
- #5,404Promise16
- #5,404Aadam16
- #5,404Aarin16
- #5,404Abigail16
- #5,659Aaryav15
- #5,659Aasim15
- #5,659Abdimalik15
Tied with 254 names at #5,404; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.