Hope
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Meaning
hope
Famously borne by goalkeeper Hope Solo.
The story
Hope is the virtue said plainly, the middle sister of the old triplet Faith, Hope and Charity, and the ancestor of the whole wish-name register that Haven, Journee and Saylor have joined in these batches. Its American record is long and warm rather than spiky: four figures every decade since the 1910s, rising through 8,800 in the 1960s and 11,100 in the 1970s, cresting at 18,700 in the 2000s, then settling to 13,800 and 6,900 so far this decade. In our records it goes to girls about 97,100 to 560. The oldest wish-names never needed respelling or gendering suffixes; Hope simply is what it says, four letters that work as a first name, a middle name and a complete sentence. Four centuries of American daughters have carried it, and the register it founded is more crowded now than ever.
How popular is Hope around the world?
In the United States, 6,889 babies were named Hope between 2020 and 2025. In Scotland, 48 girls named Hope were registered in 2024, the 90th most common name among girls that year.
Hope is on the official records of the United States, Scotland, England and Wales, South Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, France, Austria, Mexico City, Argentina, Poland, Spain and Brazil.
United States
1 in 3,200
In the United States, 6,889 babies were named Hope between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Hope peaked in the 1990s and the 2000s in nearly equal measure. Hope went to 1,458 US babies in 2015 and 873 in 2025, 60% of the earlier figure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Scotland
1 in 950
In Scotland, 48 girls named Hope were registered in 2024, the 90th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
England and Wales
1 in 2,100
In England and Wales, 276 girls named Hope were born in 2025, the 180th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
South Australia
1 in 3,1002017
In South Australia, 6 girls were registered as Hope in 2017.
share of that year’s name registrations
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Canada
1 in 3,600
In Canada, 103 girls named Hope were born in 2024, the 291st most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
New Zealand
1 in 3,600
In New Zealand, 16 girls named Hope were registered in 2025.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time
Ireland
1 in 4,500
In Ireland, 12 girls named Hope were born in 2025, the 325th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
France
1 in 7,600
In France, about 85 girls named Hope were born in 2025, the 540th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s births on record
Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)
Austria
1 in 9,500
In Austria, 8 girls named Hope were born in 2025, the 566th most common name among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
The count never rose above 8 in a year, too few to chart.
Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)
Mexico City City
1 in 59,000
In Mexico City, there were 2 registrations of Hope in 2022.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (1 registration through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Argentina
1 in 74,000
In Argentina, 9 newborns were given the name Hope in 2024.
The count never rose above 9 in a year, too few to chart.
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Poland
1 in 120,000
In Poland, 2 girls named Hope were born in 2025, the 706th most common name among girls that year.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.
First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)
Spain
1 in 690,000
In Spain, 65 residents are named Hope, ranked 11,067th among women, with a mean age of 24.9 years.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Brazil
1 in 1M
At the 2022 census, 151 people in Brazil were named Hope, ranked 30,950th, with a median age of 1.
The census also counted 121 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Puerto Rico
last on record 2021
Hope is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 5 babies have carried the name there since 1998.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.
First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Hope
Most people given the name Hope in the United States were born between 1970 and 2019. The Hope you meet today is most often in her 20s or 30s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
Where Hope travels
Filipino American · hope, expectation (one of the Filipino virtue-name trio with Faith and Charity)
Dual-language · hope, expectation; a direct translation of the Filipino word Pag-asa ("hope"), part of the same virtue-name tradition that gave the Philippines names like Faith and Charity
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The Hope deep dive
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