Praise is an English word name that means exactly what it says: "praise" or "worship", offered to God in thanksgiving. It belongs to the family of Christian virtue and faith names such as Blessing, Wisdom and Messiah, and it is especially popular among Nigerian American families, where it is given to boys and girls alike. Praise had fewer than five boys in 2000, spent most of the past decade around number 4000 to 5000 and jumped to number 2439 in 2025, its best rank, with 56 boys.