Hope

Did you know?

A few things about Hope you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Hope

Hope Solo

American soccer player

Choose Hope and your child shares a first name with Hope Solo, an American soccer player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Hope, like who?” Hope Solo's Wikipedia article is available in 47 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

Read about Hope Solo on Wikipedia ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Photo: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 1,852 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Hope, 868 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Hope would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryHope has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Hopes, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 1999, when it reached #143.
• 📉Then vs nowHope was 2.4× more common in 2000 than it is today. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 782 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 1,852.
• 🍂TrendHope has slipped 150 places over the last five years and now sits at #352. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedHope is most popular in Delaware, where it ranks #167, followed by Hawaii (#168) and Rhode Island (#180). It makes the top 1,000 in almost every state.
• 💬MeaningIn English, Hope means “hope”.

About the name Hope

Hope is a girl name of Old English origin meaning “hope”. It has 4 letters and 1 syllable, starting with H and ending in “-ope”. US birth records list Hope for girls from 1880 to 2025, in 146 of those 146 years. Its best year was 1999, when it ranked #143 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #352, with 868 babies.

Origin:Old English names