Mostly girls · peaked in 1997
Guadalupe name popularity since 1925
85,878 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Guadalupe (73.2% girls, 26.8% boys). Half of them were born in 1983 or earlier, so the typical Guadalupe is about 43 years old in 2026. Guadalupe peaked in 1997 as the #210 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 85,878
- Named Guadalupe, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,248 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 73.2% girls
- 62,835 girls · 23,043 boys
- Most popular in
- Texas
- 5.22× its national share
Peak year is the year Guadalupe made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Guadalupe births per year, 1925–2025
1997 was the biggest year for Guadalupe both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1988 and 1993, Guadalupe became 2× more common, from 1 in 2,840 baby girls to 1 in 1,440.
- Steepest fall: Between 2013 and 2018, its share of baby girls fell by 54%, from 1 in 2,630 to 1 in 5,730.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Guadalupe's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Guadalupe.
Decade by decade
Babies named Guadalupe in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 2,013 | 1,134 | – |
| 1930s | 2,985 | 2,108 | #404 |
| 1940s | 4,798 | 3,014 | #296 |
| 1950s | 5,780 | 3,186 | #364 |
| 1960s | 4,210 | 2,429 | #469 |
| 1970s | 5,197 | 2,860 | #367 |
| 1980s | 6,071 | 2,655 | #373 |
| 1990s | 11,871 | 2,619 | #232 |
| 2000s | 12,524 | 2,042 | #256 |
| 2010s | 5,956 | 793 | #592 |
| 2020–25 | 1,430 | 203 | #1,248 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
26.1% of babies named Guadalupe from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Guadalupe is most popular
The index compares Guadalupe's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Guadalupe.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 5.22× | 33,443 |
| California | 3.20× | 27,675 |
| Arizona | 3.08× | 3,264 |
| New Mexico | 3.04× | 1,373 |
| Nevada | 1.37× | 399 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Guadalupe's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Guadalupe.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Guadalupe (1997).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data