Promise

“A vow or commitment” — English origin

Girl's name · #826 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Promise is near its high-water mark: it reached #714 in 2023 and still ranked #826 in 2025. About 6,400 girls have carried it since 1975. In Georgia and South Carolina it runs 3–4× its national rate.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 26 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Promises

Promise Amukamara — Nigerian basketball player (born 1993)
Promise Mthembu — South African gender, AIDS, and human rights activist

What Promises become

Among 26 notable people named Promise:

Sports figures appear 2.58× more often than among typical names — e.g. Promise Amukamara, Nigerian basketball player (born 1993).

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