girls:
828 births since 1990
#4888 (14th percentile)
boys:
347 births since 2001
#4239 (8th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1990
#6565 (15th percentile)
The name Praise is the #6,565 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,175 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 15.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,888 (14.5% percentile) for all time with 828 births since 1990. For boys, it ranks #4,239 (7.5% percentile) for all time with 347 births since 2001.
Praise first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (1990 for girls and 2001 for boys). Birth data for Praise is available in 31 out of the 34 years between 1990 and 2023 (31 years for girls and 21 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Praise has been given predominantly to girls, with 70.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 60.6% of babies named Praise were girls.
For girls, Praise reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 5.3% percentile (ranked #895) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 30 births per million (ranked 5.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Praise ranks #912 for girls (3.7% percentile) with 23 births per million, which is 76.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Praise reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #883) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Praise is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #890 (2.3% percentile) with 14 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Praise".
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