Daphna

Peak · girls
1916 · 20 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
648
since 1909

Daphna over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Daphna has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,739, 1916girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024—
2023#15,1945
2022—
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2020—
2019—
2018—
2017—
2016—
2015—
2014#10,9559
2013—
2012—
2011—
2010#13,4487
2009#13,7047
2008—
2007#15,4916
2006—
2005#11,8348
2004—
2003#13,8446
2002—
2001—
2000—
1999—
1998#12,4266
1997#13,7245
1996—
1995—
1994—
1993—
1992—
1991—
1990#11,4096
1989—
1988#11,7985
1987—
1986—
1985#8,3187
1984—
1983#8,0477
1982#8,2247
1981—
1980—
1979#10,2105
1978#8,5626
1977#7,5677
1976#9,2845
1975—
1974#7,6806
1973#7,4356
1972#5,9598
1971#7,3886
1970#7,9955
1969#7,4715
1968#4,48910
1967#4,6259
1966#4,19810
1965#6,5395
1964#3,87912
1963#3,33615
1962#3,59213
1961#4,5469
1960—
1959#5,0317
1958—
1957—
1956—
1955—
1954#5,7535
1953#4,2268
1952#5,5635
1951#5,4145
1950—
1949—
1948#3,35010
1947—
1946#4,9605
1945#4,0256
1944#3,6877
1943#3,04010
1942#3,4448
1941—
1940#2,9639
1939#3,4297
1938#3,4507
1937#3,4347
1936#3,1038
1935#2,9269
1934#2,28913
1933#2,68810
1932#2,49012
1931#2,9729
1930#2,69011
1929#2,58712
1928#3,4368
1927#2,16917
1926#1,99719
1925#2,01819
1924#3,3939
1923#4,3766
1922#3,15210
1921#2,37815
1920#2,17217
1919#2,15616
1918#2,02918
1917#2,20415
1916#1,73920
1915#2,68810
1914#2,00912
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1911—
1910#1,9357
1909#1,7637
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First appearance
1909

The first year at least five girls were named Daphna! It came in at #1,763, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1911–1913, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Daphna is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Daphna in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Daphna
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1909
  • Peaked 1916 at #1,739 (20 births)
  • Births halved by 1922, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 49,604
  • Highest: 1 in 49,604 girls born in 1909 were named Daphna (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,739 in 1916, was only 1 in 52,217 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 20.4% of all girls named Daphna (132) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s7#1,763 (1909)#1,763
1910s98#1,739 (1916)#2,109
1920s132#1,997 (1926)#2,768
1930s93#2,289 (1934)#2,947
1940s55#2,963 (1940)#3,638
1950s30#4,226 (1953)#5,197
1960s88#3,336 (1963)#4,742
1970s54#5,959 (1972)#8,009
1980s26#8,047 (1983)#9,097
1990s17#11,409 (1990)#12,520
2000s27#11,834 (2005)#13,718
2010s16#10,955 (2014)#12,202
2020s5#15,194 (2023)#15,194

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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