Promise

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Promise: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Promise: Recorded since 2000, it reached #500 in 2003, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#500highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2023

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#4598
2005	#3970
2006	#4157
2008	#3397
2009	#3422
2010	#3533
2011	#5785
2012	#5876
2013	#5742
2014	#4003
2015	#5730
2018	#5666
2019	#5591
2023	#4709

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 8 of the 25 years from 2000 to 2024.

In 2004: #677 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4598 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2000–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #3036 among boys in England and Wales in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2003–2004
Highest recorded position: #500 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2003 (recorded 2003–2004).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Promise appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 14 ranked years and 56 births registered; the earliest is England and Wales · Boys, from 2000.

Promise across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Promise's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#3036 (2000)	#2870 (2006)	#4270 (2024)	8 of 25	32 (2000–2024)	5 (2006)
England and Wales · Girls	#4598 (2004)	#3397 (2008)	#4709 (2023)	14 of 20	56 (2004–2023)	6 (2008)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#620 (2002)	#620 (2002)	#842 (2007)	3 of 6	9 (2002–2007)	3 (2002)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#500 (2003)	#500 (2003)	#506 (2004)	2 of 2	6 (2003–2004)	3 (2003)

Promise by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Promise in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	23	5 of 10	5
2010s	29	8 of 10	4
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Promise appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #500 in Republic of Ireland in 2003.

Promise's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2000 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #500, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 2 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ata · #500, 23y
Ayobami · #500, 18y
Basit · #500, 22y
Chukwuebuka · #500, 19y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Ata · #500, 23y
Avram · #500, 20y
Blazej · #500, 12y
Chukwuebuka · #500, 19y

Promise was ranked #500 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2003. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Promise and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Promise without appearing here.

Promise moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5591 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #5687.
Cheryl Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5591 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #5687.
Donna Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5591 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #5687.
Kristin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5591 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Promise

Cecilie Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3422 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2636.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3422 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.
Malin Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3422 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #4764.
Maren Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3397 and #5545 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #4739.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #500 in Republic of Ireland in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Promise at a glance

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Popularity journey

Promise across 4 official records

Promise by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Promise at a glance

Promise across 4 official records

Promise by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Promise appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Promise

Promise and the names beside it

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