Guadalupe
Guadalupe is given to both girls and boys: 180 girls and 24 boys were given it in 2025 (#1,248 among girls’ names and #4,298 among boys’, #2,179 among all names counting both); 91,997 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 70,100 Americans named Guadalupe and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (76% of everyone recorded); the median is 35 years old and half are between 23 and 56.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Guadalupe by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Guadalupe mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Guadalupe is “a female given name transferred from the place name” Its etymology gives the sense “Our Lady of Guadalupe” (as).
From the epithet of the Virgin Mary as “Our Lady of Guadalupe”, patron of Mexico. The place name, where the image is kept, is from a combination of Arabic وَادِي ٱل (wādī l-, “valley of the”) and Latin lupus (“wolf”).
/ɡwadaˈlupe/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Guadalupe?
#1,248 among girls’ names, 2025
Guadalupe fell from #592 in 2015 to #1,248 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.28 to 0.11 per 1,000.
1,656 babies in 1997, the peak
Guadalupe peaked in 1997, when 1,656 babies were given it (1,406 girls, #210 among girls’ names). The 204 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 12% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 180 | #1,248 | 24 | #4,298 |
| 2024 | 244 | #1,035 | 31 | #3,634 |
| 2023 | 251 | #1,008 | 29 | #3,824 |
| 2022 | 242 | #1,053 | 41 | #3,022 |
| 2021 | 245 | #1,035 | 43 | #2,879 |
| 2020 | 268 | #955 | 35 | #3,226 |
| 2019 | 313 | #854 | 48 | #2,671 |
| 2018 | 297 | #906 | 58 | #2,311 |
| 2017 | 391 | #729 | 49 | #2,574 |
| 2016 | 460 | #641 | 69 | #2,052 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 505 | #592 | 64 | #2,155 |
| 2014 | 651 | #484 | 81 | #1,832 |
| 2013 | 666 | #456 | 74 | #1,906 |
| 2012 | 789 | #392 | 116 | #1,434 |
| 2011 | 909 | #354 | 97 | #1,592 |
| 2010 | 975 | #330 | 137 | #1,272 |
| 2009 | 1,112 | #300 | 155 | #1,170 |
| 2008 | 1,124 | #298 | 194 | #1,005 |
| 2007 | 1,221 | #282 | 179 | #1,050 |
| 2006 | 1,305 | #255 | 205 | #924 |
| 2005 | 1,272 | #256 | 183 | #953 |
| 2004 | 1,213 | #267 | 196 | #886 |
| 2003 | 1,331 | #245 | 224 | #784 |
| 2002 | 1,296 | #245 | 223 | #774 |
| 2001 | 1,342 | #235 | 234 | #743 |
| 2000 | 1,308 | #246 | 249 | #702 |
| 1999 | 1,301 | #243 | 229 | #716 |
| 1998 | 1,383 | #223 | 235 | #708 |
| 1997 | 1,406 | #210 | 250 | #657 |
| 1996 | 1,328 | #218 | 270 | #631 |
| 1995 | 1,228 | #232 | 244 | #673 |
| 1994 | 1,334 | #216 | 282 | #619 |
| 1993 | 1,256 | #221 | 320 | #571 |
| 1992 | 947 | #294 | 249 | #657 |
| 1991 | 850 | #318 | 268 | #621 |
| 1990 | 838 | #328 | 272 | #608 |
| 1989 | 739 | #345 | 257 | #614 |
| 1988 | 627 | #382 | 229 | #624 |
| 1987 | 630 | #370 | 238 | #588 |
| 1986 | 607 | #381 | 278 | #532 |
| 1985 | 609 | #373 | 249 | #558 |
| 1984 | 528 | #401 | 255 | #543 |
| 1983 | 540 | #402 | 262 | #517 |
| 1982 | 579 | #402 | 275 | #511 |
| 1981 | 622 | #374 | 305 | #477 |
| 1980 | 590 | #390 | 307 | #481 |
| 1979 | 556 | #392 | 312 | #464 |
| 1978 | 535 | #390 | 294 | #474 |
| 1977 | 549 | #385 | 296 | #469 |
| 1976 | 561 | #370 | 302 | #449 |
| 1975 | 566 | #367 | 331 | #433 |
| 1974 | 489 | #410 | 311 | #453 |
| 1973 | 513 | #394 | 245 | #500 |
| 1972 | 463 | #419 | 251 | #499 |
| 1971 | 480 | #436 | 270 | #488 |
| 1970 | 485 | #452 | 248 | #510 |
| 1969 | 484 | #437 | 270 | #466 |
| 1968 | 391 | #488 | 241 | #491 |
| 1967 | 401 | #473 | 242 | #483 |
| 1966 | 423 | #460 | 225 | #506 |
| 1965 | 415 | #469 | 252 | #486 |
| 1964 | 396 | #486 | 246 | #501 |
| 1963 | 433 | #467 | 220 | #535 |
| 1962 | 420 | #470 | 240 | #511 |
| 1961 | 407 | #479 | 256 | #496 |
| 1960 | 440 | #466 | 237 | #515 |
| 1959 | 440 | #458 | 253 | #491 |
| 1958 | 475 | #435 | 291 | #460 |
| 1957 | 533 | #397 | 264 | #479 |
| 1956 | 544 | #382 | 298 | #436 |
| 1955 | 577 | #364 | 314 | #414 |
| 1954 | 623 | #341 | 340 | #388 |
| 1953 | 662 | #316 | 387 | #352 |
| 1952 | 632 | #323 | 339 | #368 |
| 1951 | 637 | #312 | 338 | #371 |
| 1950 | 657 | #304 | 362 | #355 |
| 1949 | 629 | #309 | 375 | #347 |
| 1948 | 667 | #295 | 397 | #338 |
| 1947 | 581 | #325 | 360 | #361 |
| 1946 | 561 | #313 | 380 | #333 |
| 1945 | 535 | #296 | 324 | #330 |
| 1944 | 499 | #301 | 331 | #333 |
| 1943 | 442 | #336 | 274 | #370 |
| 1942 | 293 | #421 | 190 | #449 |
| 1941 | 298 | #397 | 189 | #427 |
| 1940 | 293 | #397 | 194 | #416 |
| 1939 | 243 | #431 | 182 | #421 |
| 1938 | 269 | #407 | 211 | #391 |
| 1937 | 274 | #392 | 186 | #418 |
| 1936 | 258 | #397 | 165 | #439 |
| 1935 | 254 | #404 | 205 | #380 |
| 1934 | 284 | #377 | 198 | #391 |
| 1933 | 311 | #355 | 160 | #437 |
| 1932 | 316 | #358 | 239 | #361 |
| 1931 | 349 | #340 | 316 | #308 |
| 1930 | 427 | #319 | 246 | #365 |
| 1929 | 393 | #327 | 244 | #366 |
| 1928 | 433 | #316 | 231 | #389 |
| 1927 | 419 | #328 | 230 | #393 |
| 1926 | 383 | #341 | 218 | #405 |
| 1925 | 385 | #343 | 211 | #412 |
| 1924 | 388 | #340 | 202 | #432 |
| 1923 | 362 | #348 | 198 | #433 |
| 1922 | 352 | #346 | 222 | #405 |
| 1921 | 365 | #342 | 175 | #464 |
| 1920 | 323 | #366 | 176 | #458 |
| 1919 | 276 | #389 | 161 | #469 |
| 1918 | 238 | #430 | 110 | #580 |
| 1917 | 193 | #466 | 87 | #639 |
| 1916 | 150 | #544 | 99 | #583 |
| 1915 | 155 | #494 | 91 | #602 |
| 1914 | 156 | #435 | 90 | #516 |
| 1913 | 115 | #468 | 70 | #514 |
| 1912 | 92 | #498 | 53 | #553 |
| 1911 | 68 | #504 | 29 | #565 |
| 1910 | 69 | #492 | 38 | #449 |
| 1909 | 67 | #460 | 20 | #600 |
| 1908 | 56 | #483 | 10 | #909 |
| 1907 | 50 | #510 | 14 | #718 |
| 1906 | 54 | #464 | 15 | #627 |
| 1905 | 54 | #461 | 20 | #511 |
| 1904 | 46 | #487 | 16 | #576 |
| 1903 | 31 | #592 | 17 | #536 |
| 1902 | 35 | #549 | 7 | #970 |
| 1901 | 38 | #491 | 19 | #439 |
| 1900 | 39 | #545 | 11 | #809 |
| 1899 | 27 | #598 | 10 | #677 |
| 1898 | 29 | #600 | 8 | #835 |
| 1897 | 26 | #602 | 7 | #886 |
| 1896 | 25 | #623 | 5 | #1,163 |
| 1895 | 20 | #709 | under 5 | |
| 1894 | 22 | #634 | 8 | #813 |
| 1893 | 18 | #698 | 9 | #727 |
| 1892 | 15 | #778 | 6 | #1,007 |
| 1891 | 23 | #549 | under 5 | |
| 1890 | 17 | #649 | 5 | #1,062 |
| 1889 | 14 | #700 | under 5 | |
| 1888 | 18 | #599 | under 5 | |
| 1886 | 8 | #858 | 7 | #796 |
| 1885 | 11 | #671 | 8 | #730 |
| 1884 | 13 | #600 | 7 | #807 |
| 1883 | 5 | #971 | under 5 | |
| 1882 | 7 | #770 | under 5 | |
| 1881 | 6 | #778 | 8 | #671 |
| 1880 | 5 | #870 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Guadalupe a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 91,997 Americans recorded as Guadalupe, 73% are girls and 27% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Guadalupe: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Guadalupe, and how old are they?
70,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 76% of the 91,997 Americans ever recorded as Guadalupe. The median Guadalupe alive today is 35 years old; half are between 23 and 56.
The 2020 Census counted 128,245 people named Guadalupe (100,216 women and girls, 28,029 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 72,309 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.8 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,700 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 11,700 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 11,200 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 17,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 22,100 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 5,320 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Guadalupe born?
The states with the most babies named Guadalupe are California, Texas and Florida, with 64% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 56 | #577 | 3.0× |
| Texas | 31 | #1,287 | 5.3× |
| Florida | 13 | #1,142 | 0.4× |
| North Carolina | 13 | #743 | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 11 | #822 | 1.0× |
| Arizona | 7 | #847 | 2.7× |
| New York | 5 | #2,209 | 0.2× |
| Colorado | 5 | #963 | 0.7× |
| Washington | 5 | #1,116 | 0.5× |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,616 | 0.3× |
Where Guadalupe is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Guadalupe is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 5.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Guadalupe with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Guadalupe
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pilar | 6,258 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Guadalupe and names like it
- Compare Guadalupe and PilarBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sGuadalupe peaked in 1997.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Guadalupe since 1910.
- From place namesWiktionary’s origin for Guadalupe: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1997The year the most babies were named Guadalupe.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Guadalupe alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with GMost given first.