How popular is the name Promise?

Promise ranks 1,871st among girls' names in US records, with 6,483 births since 1975. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,117.

Is Promise a unisex name?

No. Promise is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2023, when 393 children were given the name. It has been in use for 50 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#1,871 of girl names

Pronounced P R AA1 M AH0 S (ARPABET)

Promise is a girls' name, and first appears in 1975. It has been given to 6,483 children — the 1,871st most common girls' name on record.

It is gaining, with the past decade running 59% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 2023, when 393 children were given it.

2023Girls: 393Boys: 27

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Promise?: Promise ranks 1,871st among girls' names in US records, with 6,483 births since 1975. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,117.
Is Promise a unisex name?: No. Promise is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Promise most popular?: 2023, when 393 children were given the name. It has been in use for 50 years and is still recorded as of 2024.