Guadalupe
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- gwah-dah-LOO-peh
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #1,248 for girls
Guadalupe is a name of Arabic origin, meaning “river of the wolf”. In 2025 it ranked 1,248th for girls in the US (180 babies).
What does Guadalupe mean?
Arabic: Spanish place name, from Arabic wadi plus probably Latin lupus
“river of the wolf”
Honours Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Virgin Mary as seen by Juan Diego in Mexico in 1531.
Is Guadalupe a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Guadalupe has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 180 girls and 24 boys in the US.
How popular is Guadalupe in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,248among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 180about 1 in 8,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 180 girls in the US were named Guadalupe, making it the 1,248th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 953rd. Its busiest year was 1997, with 1,406 girls. 24 boys were also named Guadalupe in 2025 (4,248th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Guadalupe than any year since 1916.
Half of all the girls named Guadalupe in the US since 1880 were born between 1954 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 88% of the babies named Guadalupe in the US were girls.
Guadalupe in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 180 | #1,248 |
| 2024 | 244 | #1,034 |
| 2023 | 251 | #1,008 |
| 2022 | 242 | #1,052 |
| 2021 | 245 | #1,035 |
| 2020 | 268 | #953 |
| 2019 | 313 | #854 |
| 2018 | 297 | #905 |
| 2017 | 391 | #728 |
| 2016 | 460 | #641 |
| 2015 | 505 | #592 |
| 2014 | 651 | #484 |
| 2013 | 666 | #456 |
| 2012 | 789 | #392 |
| 2011 | 909 | #354 |
| 2010 | 975 | #330 |
| 2009 | 1,112 | #300 |
| 2008 | 1,124 | #298 |
| 2007 | 1,221 | #282 |
| 2006 | 1,305 | #255 |
| 2005 | 1,272 | #256 |
| 2004 | 1,213 | #267 |
| 2003 | 1,331 | #245 |
| 2002 | 1,296 | #245 |
| 2001 | 1,342 | #235 |
| 2000 | 1,308 | #246 |
| 1999 | 1,301 | #243 |
| 1998 | 1,383 | #223 |
| 1997 | 1,406 | #210 |
| 1996 | 1,328 | #218 |
| 1995 | 1,228 | #232 |
| 1994 | 1,334 | #216 |
| 1993 | 1,256 | #221 |
| 1992 | 947 | #294 |
| 1991 | 850 | #318 |
| 1990 | 838 | #328 |
| 1989 | 739 | #345 |
| 1988 | 627 | #382 |
| 1987 | 630 | #370 |
| 1986 | 607 | #380 |
| 1985 | 609 | #373 |
| 1984 | 528 | #401 |
| 1983 | 540 | #402 |
| 1982 | 579 | #402 |
| 1981 | 622 | #374 |
| 1980 | 590 | #389 |
| 1979 | 556 | #391 |
| 1978 | 535 | #390 |
| 1977 | 549 | #385 |
| 1976 | 561 | #370 |
| 1975 | 566 | #367 |
| 1974 | 489 | #409 |
| 1973 | 513 | #394 |
| 1972 | 463 | #419 |
| 1971 | 480 | #436 |
| 1970 | 485 | #452 |
| 1969 | 484 | #437 |
| 1968 | 391 | #487 |
| 1967 | 401 | #473 |
| 1966 | 423 | #460 |
| 1965 | 415 | #469 |
| 1964 | 396 | #486 |
| 1963 | 433 | #466 |
| 1962 | 420 | #470 |
| 1961 | 407 | #479 |
| 1960 | 440 | #466 |
| 1959 | 440 | #458 |
| 1958 | 475 | #435 |
| 1957 | 533 | #397 |
| 1956 | 544 | #382 |
| 1955 | 577 | #363 |
| 1954 | 623 | #341 |
| 1953 | 662 | #316 |
| 1952 | 632 | #323 |
| 1951 | 637 | #312 |
| 1950 | 657 | #303 |
| 1949 | 629 | #309 |
| 1948 | 667 | #295 |
| 1947 | 581 | #325 |
| 1946 | 561 | #313 |
| 1945 | 535 | #296 |
| 1944 | 499 | #301 |
| 1943 | 442 | #336 |
| 1942 | 293 | #419 |
| 1941 | 298 | #397 |
| 1940 | 293 | #397 |
| 1939 | 243 | #431 |
| 1938 | 269 | #407 |
| 1937 | 274 | #391 |
| 1936 | 258 | #396 |
| 1935 | 254 | #404 |
| 1934 | 284 | #376 |
| 1933 | 311 | #355 |
| 1932 | 316 | #358 |
| 1931 | 349 | #340 |
| 1930 | 427 | #318 |
| 1929 | 393 | #327 |
| 1928 | 433 | #316 |
| 1927 | 419 | #328 |
| 1926 | 383 | #341 |
| 1925 | 385 | #343 |
| 1924 | 388 | #339 |
| 1923 | 362 | #347 |
| 1922 | 352 | #346 |
| 1921 | 365 | #342 |
| 1920 | 323 | #366 |
| 1919 | 276 | #389 |
| 1918 | 238 | #428 |
| 1917 | 193 | #466 |
| 1916 | 150 | #544 |
| 1915 | 155 | #494 |
| 1914 | 156 | #434 |
| 1913 | 115 | #468 |
| 1912 | 92 | #497 |
| 1911 | 68 | #501 |
| 1910 | 69 | #490 |
| 1909 | 67 | #456 |
| 1908 | 56 | #479 |
| 1907 | 50 | #507 |
| 1906 | 54 | #463 |
| 1905 | 54 | #458 |
| 1904 | 46 | #484 |
| 1903 | 31 | #589 |
| 1902 | 35 | #545 |
| 1901 | 38 | #487 |
| 1900 | 39 | #543 |
| 1899 | 27 | #593 |
| 1898 | 29 | #597 |
| 1897 | 26 | #594 |
| 1896 | 25 | #621 |
| 1895 | 20 | #703 |
| 1894 | 22 | #628 |
| 1893 | 18 | #687 |
| 1892 | 15 | #762 |
| 1891 | 23 | #541 |
| 1890 | 17 | #642 |
| 1889 | 14 | #687 |
| 1888 | 18 | #593 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 8 | #828 |
| 1885 | 11 | #658 |
| 1884 | 13 | #583 |
| 1883 | 5 | #920 |
| 1882 | 7 | #740 |
| 1881 | 6 | #740 |
| 1880 | 5 | #836 |
Nicknames for Guadalupe
Names like Guadalupe
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Victoria Luz Dulce Maria Angelique Angela Mariana Mercedes Gloria Alicia Juliana Esmeralda
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Guadalupe: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/guadalupe, updated 20 October 2026.