Hope

Meaning: Hope; expectation
Origin: English (from Old English)

Girl's name · #352 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Hope reached its best rank, #143, in 1999 and ranked #352 in 2025. Roughly 97,000 girls have been named Hope since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 46 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#148 in Scotland (2025) · #180 in England & Wales (2025) · #217 in N. Ireland (2025) · #253 in New Zealand (2025) · #338 in Ireland (2025) · #464 in Belgium (2025) · #539 in France (2025) · #590 in Austria (2025) · #950 in Switzerland (2025) · #988 in Netherlands (2025) · #1,200 in Sweden (2025) · #291 in Canada (2024).

Famous Hopes

Hope Solo — American soccer player
Hope Davis — American actress
Hope Lange — American actress (1933–2003)
Hope Hicks — American public relations executive and political advisor (born 1988)
Hope Emerson — American actress (1897–1960)

In stories & tradition

Hope Pym — Spider-Island (comics)
Hope van Dyne — Ant-Man (film)
Hope Summers — Uncanny X-Men · Deadpool 2

What Hopes become

Among 226 notable people named Hope:

Entertainers appear 1.74× more often than among typical names — e.g. Hope Davis, American actress.

Twin names

Popular twin pairings with Hope include Faith and Grace for girls.

Similar names: Jocelyn · Opal · Kalliope · Sydney · Halle · Elle

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