Unisex name · since 1975
Promise
Since 1975, U.S. Social Security records show 6,426 babies named Promise, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #2,198 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #825 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,426
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
6,426 babies have been named Promise since 1975, making it today's #825 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Promise recorded 6,426 times among girls since 1975, holding rank #825 nationally today, ahead of 95% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #2,198 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #825 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,426 born since 1975
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Promise ranks #2,198 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #825 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,426 born since 1975, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,198 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #825 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,426
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
Promise's 6,426 recorded births place it above 96.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
32 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
How Promise compares
6,426 Top 12% higher than 88% 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
Promise's all-time total is 17x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Promise | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,426 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 395 | 21 | 19,840 |
Promise's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Promise splits its recorded history at 2000: 91% of all births land in the more recent half, 9% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 395 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Promise popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 395
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Promise popularity over time - boys
412 total births recorded since 1992 (Promise as boys' name)
Promise by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,430 births, 38% of the file).
2010s was Promise's strongest decade.
2,430 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Promise births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 49
1970s
49 births
- 1980s 143
1980s
143 births
- 1990s 372
1990s
372 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,296 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,430 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,136 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,430 births (38% of all-time use).
How Promise 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 Promise's total volume
Promise by state
Where Promise concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 492 | 7.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 481 | 7.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 461 | 7.2% |
| #4 | California | | 413 | 6.4% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 287 | 4.5% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 263 | 4.1% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 258 | 4.0% |
| #8 | New York | | 250 | 3.9% |
492 of 6,426 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Promise appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Promise's data
- Promise's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,430 total births) through the 2020s (2,136) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Georgia records the most Promises (492 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia 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 Promise: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Promise 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.