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Girl's name · #826 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
Promise is near its high-water mark: it reached #714 in 2023 and still ranked #826 in 2025. About 6,400 girls have carried it since 1975.
In recent years, Promise ran 3–4× its national rate in Georgia and South Carolina.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 26 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
See how Promise ranks in other countries and regions.
#4,336 in Italy (2024) · #1,774 in Canada (2023) · #4,710 in England & Wales (2023) · #6,982 in France (2019) · #3,425 in Austria (2018) · #842 in Ireland (2007).
Among 26 notable people named Promise:
Sports figures appear 2.58× more often than among typical names — e.g. Promise Amukamara, Nigerian basketball player (born 1993).
Similar names: Amayah · Preslee · Annelise · Treasure · Emmeline · Sapphire
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