first name
PROMISE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,857 people named Promise, 65% reported their origin as Black, 16% as White and 8.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 89.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Promise peaked in 2023, when 422 babies got the name.
At least 6,838 babies have been given the name since 1975. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Promise by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,433. The largest share of babies named Promise, 61.2%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Promise is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Promise has been most common in Georgia (3.7×), Florida (2.9×), and South Carolina (2.7×), and least common in Wisconsin (0.58×).
4,729 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Promise
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Promise, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Promise ranks #78,145 of 156,621, with 264 people. See Promise as a last name
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