Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Hope

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Hope
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2000

Peak rank proxy

2,321

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1880Peak 20002024

Peak year

2000

Decline from peak

58.5%

2024

964

All-time

96,315

Hope has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2000, when 2,321 girls were named Hope.

In 2024, only 964 girls were given the name.

Down 58.5% from its peak.

All told, about 96,315 Americans have been named Hope and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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