Hope

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Hope is a given name derived from the Middle English hope, ultimately from the Old English word hopian referring to a positive expectation or to the theological virtue of hope. It was used as a virtue name by the Puritans.

From Wikipedia

Hope first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2005 with 170 babies (rank #175 that year). In 2024 it was given to 103 girls (rank #291). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Hope

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Hope yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

4,227
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
170
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199158#449
199239#609
199345#555
199479#315
1995133#232
1996124#238
1997123#242
1998124#240
1999162#185
2000167#171
2001168#176
2002152#177
2003137#196
2004155#180
2005170#175
2006132#231
2007139#222
2008145#224
2009122#279
2010125#256
2011132#242
2012132#253
2013113#284
2014140#233
2015159#194
2016127#248
2017113#284
2018121#262
2019129#233
2020129#230
2021111#287
2022115#255
202399#301
2024103#291