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Hope

Gender
Girl
Say it
HOHP
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#179 for girls
US rank, 2025
#352 for girls

Hope is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “hope”. In 2025 it ranked 179th for girls in the UK (314 babies) and 352nd for girls in the US (868 babies).

What does Hope mean?

English: virtue name

“hope”

One of the three Christian virtues, with Faith and Charity, all used as names by the Puritans.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Hope a girl's or a boy's name?

Hope is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 314 girls in the UK and 868 girls and 5 boys in the US.

How popular is Hope in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#179among girls
Babies in 2025
314about 1 in 890 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 28% in five years
Same name in a class
1.6%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 314 girls in the UK were named Hope, making it the 179th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 104th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 528 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Hope than any year since 2010.

Half of all the girls named Hope in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 180th in England and Wales, 146th in Scotland and 205th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 528 in 20202025
Hope in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025314#179
2024361#153
2023381#148
2022460#122
2021490#116
2020528#104
2019490#116
2018442#136
2017399#156
2016418#148
2015442#143
2014413#153
2013450#136
2012471#137
2011351#169
2010312#187
2009334#180
2008399#153
2007376#166
2006347#177
2005340#174
2004289#187
2003309#174
2002277#172
2001343#152
2000278#177
1999299#168
1998245#194
1997252#195
1996287#173

How popular is Hope in the US?

Rank in 2025
#352among girls
Babies in 2025
868about 1 in 1,900 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 30% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 868 girls in the US were named Hope, making it the 352nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 202nd. Its busiest year was 2000, with 2,321 girls. 5 boys were also named Hope in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Hope than any year since 1988.

Half of all the girls named Hope in the US since 1880 were born between 1969 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 2,321 in 20002025
Hope in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025868#352
2024973#317
20231,026#302
20221,214#258
20211,329#225
20201,439#202
20191,374#227
20181,296#252
20171,271#250
20161,353#238
20151,453#225
20141,451#229
20131,397#230
20121,456#218
20111,396#227
20101,313#240
20091,434#230
20081,537#220
20071,684#206
20061,778#198
20051,891#183
20041,913#178
20031,897#172
20022,055#160
20012,180#150
20002,321#146
19992,265#143
19981,951#160
19971,770#171
19961,610#186
19951,529#193
19941,226#232
1993956#287
1992892#310
19911,052#264
19901,056#266
1989872#299
1988823#300
1987808#300
1986910#273
1985908#275
1984812#294
1983502#430
1982557#412
1981651#360
1980781#309
1979786#305
1978865#269
19771,019#243
19761,151#214
19751,208#202
19741,298#196
1973950#263
19721,296#213
19711,454#205
1970986#295
1969979#287
1968832#306
1967965#272
19661,359#223
19651,153#252
19641,275#246
1963588#395
1962500#435
1961512#435
1960570#400
1959563#396
1958578#383
1957441#448
1956547#377
1955552#375
1954484#393
1953456#396
1952445#389
1951468#376
1950474#366
1949376#410
1948335#434
1947406#404
1946403#379
1945215#496
1944218#487
1943295#428
1942315#404
1941233#452
1940213#459
1939223#449
1938251#425
1937227#433
1936200#451
1935163#495
1934187#474
1933207#454
1932195#472
1931194#463
1930239#433
1929253#418
1928279#404
1927338#373
1926311#388
1925339#373
1924407#333
1923368#343
1922371#336
1921361#344
1920349#349
1919333#351
1918369#336
1917295#367
1916262#388
1915210#412
1914124#503
1913104#501
191294#492
191167#507
191062#519
190961#479
190838#617
190749#511
190651#477
190536#579
190449#469
190347#467
190232#583
190131#547
190035#589
189918#756
189833#555
189729#554
189630#553
189539#465
189435#475
189335#449
189222#590
189126#506
189026#508
188918#600
18886#1,136
188716#560
188615#572
188520#470
188414#556
188317#465
18826#813
18817#679
18809#580

Names like Hope

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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More English names

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Every English name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Hope: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hope, updated 20 October 2026.