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Hope

Hope: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“hope”
Origin
English
Say it
HOHP · 1 syllable
Used for
Girls

English word name from the Christian virtue. It has been used as a given name since the Puritan era.

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How popular is Hope?

2024292 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Hope in 2024971

2024 rank#317 girls

Peak year2000

Total US babies since 188096,878

Hope has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Hope

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Oliviaolive tree · English
  • Evelyndesired; little bird · English
  • Harperharp player · English
  • Violetviolet flower · English
  • Hazelhazel tree · English
  • Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
  • Lilylily flower · English
  • Scarlettscarlet, bright red · English

Hope questions

What does the name Hope mean?

Hope means "hope". It comes from English. English word name from the Christian virtue. It has been used as a given name since the Puritan era.

Is Hope a boy or girl name?

Hope is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Hope?

971 US babies were named Hope in 2024. Its peak year was 2000.

How do you pronounce Hope?

Hope is usually pronounced HOHP.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.