Promise
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #823 for girls
Promise is a name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 823rd for girls in the US (330 babies).
What does Promise mean?
English
A female given name from English.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Promise a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Promise has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 330 girls and 18 boys in the US.
How popular is Promise in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 5 boys.
Promise in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
How popular is Promise in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #823among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 330about 1 in 4,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 330 girls in the US were named Promise, making it the 823rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 852nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 395 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975. 18 boys were also named Promise in 2025 (5,207th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Promise than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Promise in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Promise in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 330 | #823 |
| 2024 | 337 | #819 |
| 2023 | 395 | #714 |
| 2022 | 365 | #779 |
| 2021 | 390 | #730 |
| 2020 | 319 | #852 |
| 2019 | 320 | #843 |
| 2018 | 295 | #909 |
| 2017 | 242 | #1,058 |
| 2016 | 215 | #1,171 |
| 2015 | 246 | #1,068 |
| 2014 | 249 | #1,040 |
| 2013 | 218 | #1,116 |
| 2012 | 211 | #1,162 |
| 2011 | 217 | #1,127 |
| 2010 | 217 | #1,130 |
| 2009 | 203 | #1,228 |
| 2008 | 203 | #1,238 |
| 2007 | 179 | #1,354 |
| 2006 | 149 | #1,480 |
| 2005 | 116 | #1,703 |
| 2004 | 107 | #1,780 |
| 2003 | 98 | #1,873 |
| 2002 | 68 | #2,349 |
| 2001 | 99 | #1,792 |
| 2000 | 74 | #2,154 |
| 1999 | 61 | #2,402 |
| 1998 | 60 | #2,335 |
| 1997 | 57 | #2,325 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,961 |
| 1995 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,930 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 21 | #3,980 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,620 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Promise
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Parker Presley Marlowe Treasure Peyton Miracle Esme Blake Harper Sage Holland Piper
Names related to Promise
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel
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, “Promise: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/promise, updated 20 October 2026.