Praise
Praise was the 2680th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 65 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,888 places. More babies were named Praise in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,680 girls, up 699 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 65girls
- Girls and boys
- 61% girls, 39% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202565 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,359babies recorded
Praise popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,680 | #2,439 | 65 | 56 |
| 2020 | #3,379 | #4,666 | 46 | 21 |
| 2010 | #6,334 | #6,617 | 21 | 13 |
| 2000 | #7,477 | — | 14 | — |
| 1990 | #12,481 | — | 6 | — |
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How popular is Praise, counting every spelling?
Praise has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Praise?
65 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Praise (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Praise 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 129 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Praise.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Praise?
About 900 people born in the US named Praise are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 5 and 18. That makes Praise a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Praise by state
How common Praise was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 44 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Praise
How popular is the name Praise?
Praise was the 2680th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 65 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,888 places. More babies were named Praise in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Praise a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 61% girls, 39% boys given the name Praise in the US.
Where is Praise most popular?
In 2021–2025, Praise was most common in Maryland (0.11 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Ohio.