Shpresa

Girls' name

Hope

Shpresa has been given to 16 babies in the U.S. since 1983. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1987, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Shpresa, 1987

1 in 601,000

Shpresa over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Shpresa: meaning, origin, and history

Hope

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Shpresa means

Shpresa means “hope”, associated with shpresë.

Origin, language, and formation

Shpresa is used in Albanian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 16 girls were recorded with the name Shpresa between 1983 and 1987. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1987; its best national rank was #11,099 in 1987.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Shpresa?

Shpresa had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1987, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1987: 1 in 601,000; 6 of 3,605,072 births
Among girls only: 1 in 290,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1987: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 416,475 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Shpresa sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1987 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 416,475 children born in 1987 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Shpresa. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Shpresas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Shpresa was born before 1986 — so the typical Shpresa is around 39 today.

Median birth year: 1986; About 39 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 16; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (16).

Is Shpresa rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1987 (6)
Years since peak: 38; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 20.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #11,099; 1987

Spellings of Shpresa

Shpresa is not the most common spelling — Theresa is, with 97.3% against Shpresa's <0.01%.

Theresa97.3%404,613
Shreya1.2%5,037
Thresa0.56%2,334
Sherese0.23%941
Sharese0.21%887
Shareka0.19%795
Sharena0.13%523
Shereka0.12%501

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Shpresa by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #11,099; 1987
Peak year: 1987; 6 that year
First recorded: 1983
Last recorded: 1987
All-time count: 16
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Shpresa

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Pareesa Tearesa Jaliesa Turkesa Lacresa Taleesa Marlesa Katresa Juleesa Vernesa Vaneesa Deleesa Patresa Daleesa Shalesa Jennesa Joleesa Romeesa Carmesa Ganesa Claresa Aliesa Keresa Shaleesa

Sibling names for Shpresa

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Janay Ashely Kassie Anthony Kyle Cody Domonique Keshia

For a brother

Derik Derrell Darell Whitney Elizabeth Kelsey Garrick Chaz

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