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Promise

Promise: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“promise, vow”
Origin
English
Say it
PROM-iss · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls (94% of all uses)

Promise is an English word name used as a given name. It also appears in modern African naming traditions that favor aspirational English vocabulary names.

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How popular is Promise?

2024107 per million US babies
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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 Promise in 2024357

2024 rank#819 girls

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 18806,483

Promise is rising: use over the last five years is 1.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Promise

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

Promise questions

What does the name Promise mean?

Promise means "promise, vow". It comes from English. Promise is an English word name used as a given name. It also appears in modern African naming traditions that favor aspirational English vocabulary names.

Is Promise a boy or girl name?

Promise is mainly a girl's name in US records (94% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Promise?

357 US babies were named Promise in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Promise?

Promise is usually pronounced PROM-iss.

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.