Unisex name · since 1990
Praise
Praise has 933 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,881 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,676 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 933
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
933 babies have been named Praise since 1990, making it today's #2676 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Praise has been recorded 933 times among girls since 1990, currently ranked #2676 nationally and more common than 85% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #7,881 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,676 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 933 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Praise ranks #7,881 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,676 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 933 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,881 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,676 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 933
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Praise's 933 recorded births place it above 89.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Praise compares
933 Top 33% higher than 67% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Praise's all-time total is 148% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Praise | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 933 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 65 | 21 | 19,840 |
Praise's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Praise's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 74% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 26%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1991, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 65, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Praise popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 65
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Praise popularity over time - boys
426 total births recorded since 2001 (Praise as boys' name)
Praise by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (392 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Praise's strongest decade.
392 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Praise births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 51
1990s
51 births
- 2000s
2000s
210 births
- 2010s
2010s
392 births
- 2020s
2020s
280 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 392 births (42% of all-time use).
How Praise compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Praise's total volume
Praise by state
Where Praise concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 100 | 10.7% |
| #2 | Maryland | | 30 | 3.2% |
| #3 | California | | 27 | 2.9% |
| #4 | New York | | 25 | 2.7% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 15 | 1.6% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.5% |
100 of 933 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Praise appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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- Praise's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (392 total births) through the 2020s (280) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Praises (100 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Praise: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Praise draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.