Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Hope

Gender

Male

Origin

English
Trust, Faith
The feeling that a desire will be fulfilled

Syllables

1

Themes

  • Biblical
  • Exotic
  • Nature
  • Word

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Hope

Famous People

Soccer player Hope Solo, Actress Hope Davis

Celebrity Babies

Daughter of Brad Garrett, Daughter of Fred Willard

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1921 (rank #1903, 18 births); most recent 2025 (rank #12008, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2000 (rank #146, 2,321 births); most recent 2025 (rank #352, 868 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20255868
20247964
202371,021
202271,209
202151,324
202091,435
2019121,373
201891,294
201761,269
201671,351

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2008 (rank #2097, 9 births); most recent 2023 (rank #3521, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #110, 463 births); most recent 2025 (rank #180, 276 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025–276
2024–299
20235319
2022–387
2021–403
20204463
2019–407
2018–379
20174346
2016–348

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #3708, 5 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4813, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #558, 87 births); most recent 2023 (rank #554, 83 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023383
2022487
2021573
2020–70
2019554
2018340
2017–33
2016337
2015–24
2014–19

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #213, 22 births); most recent 2025 (rank #329, 12 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
202512
202415
202315
202217
202122
202015
201914
201813
201720
20169

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #68, 69 births); most recent 2025 (rank #146, 30 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
202530
202448
202352
202253
202164
202054
201969
201850
201746
201656

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #100, 23 births); most recent 2025 (rank #205, 8 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
20258
202414
202310
202220
202123
202011
201914
201813
20177
201614

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1999 (rank #160, 22 births); most recent 2023 (rank #348, 9 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
20239
20229
20219
202011
20199
20188
201716
201613
201514
201417

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence