Promise
Quick answers about Promise
How many people are named Promise?
An estimated 6,350 living Americans are named Promise.
How rare is Promise?
Promise is uncommon among babies today, with 330 girls receiving the name in 2025, down 16.5% from its 2023 peak.
How old is the typical Promise?
The median age of a living American named Promise is approximately 10 years, with most bearers falling between 5 and 18 years old.
Is Promise still popular?
Yes — Promise is currently rising in popularity, with 330 births in 2025. Births this decade are running about 1.5× higher than the previous decade.
Where is Promise most common?
Promise has its strongest geographic signal in Georgia, where it appears 3.9× more often than the national baseline.
Promise is most concentrated in Georgia — about 3.9× the national rate in the 2020s. It also runs high in South Carolina.
States where Promise is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.