Hope
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About Hope
Can a name as virtuous as Hope be cool and trendy? Strangely enough -- yes. But though this optimistic Puritan favorite is experiencing substantial popularity, Hope is too pure and elegant to be corrupted, a lovely classic that deserves all the attention it's getting.
Hope, along with Faith and Charity, is one of the three theological virtues, first used as a Christian name in the seventeenth century by the Puritans. Hope and Faith have often been given to twins.
There have been characters named Hope on four different soap operas. The TV show Raising Hope was about, yes, raising a child named Hope--formerly named Princess Beyonce. Brad Garrett has a daughter named Hope.
As of October 2026, Hope ranked #352 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #143 in 1999, Nameberry popularity #474.
Editor's take: The name Hope is a girl's name of English origin.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #229 | 1,451 | 812.3 |
| 2015 | #225 | 1,452 | 813.4 |
| 2016 | #239 | 1,351 | 762.4 |
| 2017 | #250 | 1,269 | 735 |
| 2018 | #252 | 1,294 | 760.7 |
| 2019 | #227 | 1,373 | 818.1 |
| 2020 | #203 | 1,435 | 887.7 |
| 2021 | #226 | 1,324 | 806.9 |
| 2022 | #259 | 1,209 | 737.1 |
| 2023 | #303 | 1,021 | 636.3 |
| 2024 | #317 | 964 | 595 |
| 2025 | #352 | 868 | 540 |
World rankings
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Famous Hopes
- (Helen) Hope Montgomery Scott
American socialite and philanthropist
- Hope Davis
American actress
- Hope Amelia Solo
American soccer player
- Hope Hicks
American former White House communications director and model
- Hope Dworaczyk
American model
- Hope Elise Ross Lange
American actress
- (Sarah) Hope Summers
American actress
- Hope Marie Carlton
American model and actress
- Hope Sandoval
American lead singer of band Mazzy Star
- Hope Elizabeth "Liza" Soberano
Filipino,American Actress
- Hope Vista
lead singer of the anthem,rock band VISTA
- Destiny Hope Cyrus
birth name of singer Miley Cyrus
- J
Hope, stage name of Jung Hoseok; rapper, dancer, and member of the South Korean boy band BTS
- Hope Willard
daughter of actor Fred Willard
- Hope Buxton
daughter of TV/radio personality Adam Buxton
- Hope Kinnear (b. 2014)
daughter of actors Rory Kinnear and Pandora Colin
- Hope Catherine Kotb (adopted 2019)
daughter of TV personality Hoda Kotb
Hope in pop culture
- Hope Chance
title baby on TV's "Raising Hope"
- Hope Williams
Brady, character on American soap "Days of Our Lives"
- Hope Logan
character on American soap "The Bold and the Beautiful"
- Hope Adams
Character in Kelley Armstrong books "Women of the Otherworld"
- Hope Mikaelson
character on TV's "The Originals"
- Hope Swan
Jones, character on TV's "Once Upon A Time"
- Hope Manning
Thornhart, character on American soap "One Life To Live"
- Hope Bauer
character on American soap "Guiding Light"
- Hope Adams Wilson
character on American soap "The Young and the Restless"
- Hope Finch
character in book/film "Running with Scissors"
- Hope Burnford
daughter in movie "Homeward Bound;" owner of Sassy the cat
- Hope Cladwell
character in musical "Urinetown"
- Hope Yancey
main character in the novel "Hope Was Here"
- Hope van Dyne
character in Marvel Universe
- Hope Summers
character in Marvel Universe
- Hope Jensen
character in the game "Assassin's Creed: Rogue"
- "Hope
" episode of TV's "Criminal Minds" involving a girl of the same name
- Hope Estheim
male character in video game "Final Fantasy XIII"
- "Night falls with gravity
the earth turns from sanity, taking my only friend I know, he leaves a lot, his name is Hope" Line from "Semi,Automatic" by Twenty One Pilots
- "Hope
" 2013 Korean film, based on a true story
- Hope Weaver
character in the novel series "Jessica Darling" and its spinoff series/movie, "Jessica Darling's It List"
- Hope Castillo
character in video game "High School Story"
- "Raising Hope"
American sitcom
- "Hope & Faith"
American sitcom
- Hope Shanowski
main character in series "Hope & Faith"
- Hope Chance
titular character in series "Raising Hope"