Name → State Lookup

Enter any baby name to see which US states have the most births of that name. Reverse lookup tool built on 2,335,053 rows of SSA state-level data 1910–2025.

Top States for Hope (girls)

39,257 all-time US births Peaked 2000 with 2,321 births (rank #146)

3,327 births · 8.5%

3,304 births · 8.4%

1,973 births · 5%

1,901 births · 4.8%

1,749 births · 4.5%

1,625 births · 4.1%

1,469 births · 3.7%

1,430 births · 3.6%

1,181 births · 3%

1,134 births · 2.9%

1,101 births · 2.8%

1,088 births · 2.8%

996 births · 2.5%

936 births · 2.4%

899 births · 2.3%

See cross-state distinctiveness atlas for each state's most-uniquely-owned name, or browse all 51 states.

How it works: Queries name_popularity_state (2,335,053 SSA state-level rows) for the entered name, summed across all years 1910–2025. Top 15 states by total births are returned. Names rare enough to fall under SSA's 5-occurrence privacy threshold may not appear at all. Source: US Social Security Administration · methodology.

Name → State Lookup

Top States for Hope (girls)

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