Guadalupe
Guadalupe was the 1248th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 180 babies. Its best year was 1997, when it ranked 210th with 1,406 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 656 places. More babies were named Guadalupe in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning Our Lady of Guadalupe (place name) · Spanish, Arabic
Say it gwah-duh-LOO-pay /ˌɡwɑdəˈlupeɪ/
- Rank in 2025
- #1,248 girls, down 293 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 180girls
- Girls and boys
- 87% girls, 13% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19971,406 babies
- Total since 1880
- 91,997babies recorded
What does the name Guadalupe mean?
Guadalupe is a Spanish name from Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Marian title associated with a shrine in Extremadura, Spain, and with the Virgin's appearance to Juan Diego near Mexico City in 1531, which made it one of the most important names in Mexico. The Spanish place name is from a river; its first part is usually taken to be Arabic wādī 'river, valley', and the rest is of uncertain origin. It is used for both girls and boys; Lupe and Lupita are pet forms.
وَادِي (wādī) (Arabic, “river, valley”)
How sure is this? Probable. The Arabic wādī part is the usual view; the second element is uncertain.
Related names: Lupe, Lupita, Guadeloupe.
See also: Spanish names, names from places.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Guadalupe', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Guadalupe' (Spanish section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (our computation), SSA (public domain)
Nicknames for Guadalupe
The usual nicknames for Guadalupe are Lupe and Lupita. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Guadalupe in the last five years, 20 were named Lupita, against 9 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lupe · Spanish short form | Traditional | #14,243 | 26 |
| Lupita | Traditional | #3,232 | 234 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Guadalupes go by each one.
Guadalupe popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,248 | #4,299 | 180 | 24 |
| 2020 | #955 | #3,228 | 268 | 35 |
| 2010 | #330 | #1,272 | 975 | 137 |
| 2000 | #246 | #703 | 1,308 | 249 |
| 1990 | #328 | #609 | 838 | 272 |
| 1980 | #390 | #481 | 590 | 307 |
| 1970 | #452 | #510 | 485 | 248 |
| 1960 | #466 | #515 | 440 | 237 |
| 1950 | #304 | #356 | 657 | 362 |
| 1940 | #397 | #416 | 293 | 194 |
| 1930 | #319 | #365 | 427 | 246 |
| 1920 | #366 | #458 | 323 | 176 |
| 1910 | #492 | #449 | 69 | 38 |
| 1900 | #545 | #810 | 39 | 11 |
| 1890 | #649 | #1,062 | 17 | 5 |
| 1880 | #870 | — | 5 | — |
How popular is Guadalupe, counting every spelling?
Guadalupe has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,188 for girls in 2025, against #1,248 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Guadalupe?
180 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Guadalupe (0.05 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Guadalupe born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 47 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Guadalupe.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Guadalupe?
About 53,800 people born in the US named Guadalupe are alive today, with a median age of 32; half are between 22 and 53. That makes Guadalupe mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Guadalupe by state
How common Guadalupe was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (2.8×), Illinois (2.0×). In 32 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Guadalupe: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Guadalupe, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Guadalupe · Sibling names for Guadalupe
Questions about the name Guadalupe
What does Guadalupe mean?
Guadalupe means “Our Lady of Guadalupe (place name)” (Spanish, Arabic origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Guadalupe?
Guadalupe was the 1248th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 180 babies. Its best year was 1997, when it ranked 210th with 1,406 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 656 places. More babies were named Guadalupe in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Guadalupe a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 87% girls, 13% boys given the name Guadalupe in the US.
Where is Guadalupe most popular?
In 2021–2025, Guadalupe was most common in California (0.39 per 1,000 girls), followed by Illinois and Texas.