Hope
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
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.
Hope is also given to boys, where it ranks #12722 in the US.
Pronounced HOPE.
As of October 2026, Hope ranked #352 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #143 in 1999, Nameberry popularity #552.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #229 | 1,451 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #225 | 1,452 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #239 | 1,351 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #250 | 1,269 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #252 | 1,294 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #227 | 1,373 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #203 | 1,435 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #226 | 1,324 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #259 | 1,209 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #303 | 1,021 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #317 | 964 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #352 | 868 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Hope on lists
Famous Hopes
- (Helen) Hope Montgomery ScottGirl
American socialite and philanthropist
- Hope DavisGirl
American actress
- Hope Amelia SoloGirl
American soccer player
- Hope HicksGirl
American former White House communications director and model
- Hope DworaczykGirl
American model
- Hope Elise Ross LangeGirl
American actress
- (Sarah) Hope SummersGirl
American actress
- Hope Marie CarltonGirl
American model and actress
- Hope SandovalGirl
American lead singer of band Mazzy Star
- Hope Elizabeth "Liza" SoberanoGirl
Filipino,American Actress
- Hope VistaGirl
lead singer of the anthem,rock band VISTA
- Destiny Hope CyrusGirl
birth name of singer Miley Cyrus
- JGirl
Hope, stage name of Jung Hoseok; rapper, dancer, and member of the South Korean boy band BTS
- Hope WillardGirl
daughter of actor Fred Willard
- Hope BuxtonGirl
daughter of TV/radio personality Adam Buxton
- Hope Kinnear (b. 2014)Girl
daughter of actors Rory Kinnear and Pandora Colin
- Hope Catherine Kotb (adopted 2019)Girl
daughter of TV personality Hoda Kotb
Hope in pop culture
- Hope ChanceGirl
title baby on TV's "Raising Hope"
- Hope WilliamsGirl
Brady, character on American soap "Days of Our Lives"
- Hope LoganGirl
character on American soap "The Bold and the Beautiful"
- Hope AdamsGirl
Character in Kelley Armstrong books "Women of the Otherworld"
- Hope MikaelsonGirl
character on TV's "The Originals"
- Hope SwanGirl
Jones, character on TV's "Once Upon A Time"
- Hope ManningGirl
Thornhart, character on American soap "One Life To Live"
- Hope BauerGirl
character on American soap "Guiding Light"
- Hope Adams WilsonGirl
character on American soap "The Young and the Restless"
- Hope FinchGirl
character in book/film "Running with Scissors"
- Hope BurnfordGirl
daughter in movie "Homeward Bound;" owner of Sassy the cat
- Hope CladwellGirl
character in musical "Urinetown"
- Hope YanceyGirl
main character in the novel "Hope Was Here"
- Hope van DyneGirl
character in Marvel Universe
- Hope SummersGirl
character in Marvel Universe
- Hope JensenGirl
character in the game "Assassin's Creed: Rogue"
- "HopeGirl
" episode of TV's "Criminal Minds" involving a girl of the same name
- Hope EstheimGirl
male character in video game "Final Fantasy XIII"
- "Night falls with gravityGirl
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
- "HopeGirl
" 2013 Korean film, based on a true story
- Hope WeaverGirl
character in the novel series "Jessica Darling" and its spinoff series/movie, "Jessica Darling's It List"
- Hope CastilloGirl
character in video game "High School Story"
- "Raising Hope"Girl
American sitcom
- "Hope & Faith"Girl
American sitcom
- Hope ShanowskiGirl
main character in series "Hope & Faith"
- Hope ChanceGirl
titular character in series "Raising Hope"