Hope

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #352in 2025
  • 1 in 1,851girls in 2025
  • −34%last ten years
  • 3.1×in New Mexico

Most popular in 2000. Quieter now: down 34% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

06391,27818801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Hope, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188099
188176
188256
1883151
1884109
1885150
1886104
1887110
188834
1889101
1890137
1891140
1892104
1893164
1894157
1895167
1896126
1897124
1898128
189977
1900117
1901130
1902121
1903179
1904178
1905123
1906173
1907154
1908114
1909176
1910156
1911160
1912168
1913167
1914163
1915213
1916251
1917273
1918319
1919295
1920291
1921293
1922309
1923305
1924326
1925278
1926262
1927283
1928242
1929227
1930212
1931182
1932183
1933205
1934179
1935155
1936192
1937213
1938227
1939203
1940186
1941193
1942233
1943211
1944164
1945164
1946256
1947229
1948197
1949220
1950277
1951260
1952240
1953242
1954249
1955282
1956272
1957216
1958287
1959278
1960282
1961254
1962254
1963305
1964673
1965653
1966803
1967584
1968507
1969580
1970564
1971874
1972852
1973651
1974884
1975829
1976786
1977665
1978565
1979490
1980470
1981390
1982329
1983300
1984482
1985528
1986530
1987465
1988462
1989473
1990556
1991561
1992484
1993528
1994687
1995869
1996918
19971,017
19981,104
19991,277
20001,278
20011,211
20021,144
20031,038
20041,042
20051,023
2006935
2007876
2008813
2009781
2010739
2011794
2012827
2013796
2014812
2015814
2016764
2017736
2018762
2019819
2020890
2021810
2022740
2023639
2024601
2025540

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. New Mexico 3.1×
  2. Oklahoma 2.1×
  3. Kansas 2.1×
  4. Nevada 2.0×
  5. Arkansas 2.0×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
868
Rank in 2025
#352
How rare
1 in 1,851 girls
Since 1880
97,225

Most popular in 2000, at 1,278 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 34% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New Mexico3.1×26
Oklahoma2.1×55
Kansas2.1×43
Nevada2.0×32
Arkansas2.0×37

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.