Daphne

#178 for girls in 2025, 1,740 births · Last seen for boys in 1962 at #3,305
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2025 · 1,740 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
44,182
since 1886

Daphne over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Daphne has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909girlsat peak
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1781,740—
2024#1931,568—
2023#2411,266—
2022#2811,132—
2021#2881,103—
2020#414753—
2019#435734—
2018#384808—
2017#385812—
2016#407819—
2015#378864—
2014#355919—
2013#396777—
2012#421744—
2011#451673—
2010#489618—
2009#477649—
2008#539571—
2007#584512—
2006#611478—
2005#554520—
2004#589478—
2003#594460—
2002#569465—
2001#466597—
2000#633396—
1999#696324—
1998#757284—
1997#843244—
1996#831241—
1995#863225—
1994#742280—
1993#913210—
1992#892220—
1991#883223—
1990#765268—
1989#843222—
1988#692277—
1987#754238—
1986#726245—
1985#657276—
1984#630281—
1983#585305—
1982#606296—
1981#646273—
1980#637286—
1979#601300—
1978#571301—
1977#528347—
1976#443440—
1975#479383—
1974#402503—
1973#382536—
1972#383556—
1971#335778—
1970#360683—
1969#360641—
1968#350640—
1967#364605—
1966#365617—
1965#356641—
1964#344766—
1963#306927—
1962#2661,131#3,3057
1961#371670—
1960#573295—
1959#545318—
1958#478393—
1957#541314—
1956#582261—
1955#577250—
1954#554259—
1953#540257—
1952#520264—
1951#578221—
1950#513252—
1949#579205—
1948#645166—
1947#627179—
1946#681136—
1945#731104—
1944#705113—
1943#762103—
1942#725106—
1941#669111—
1940#70298—
1939#93956—
1938#1,00750—
1937#70494—
1936#75779—
1935#80571—
1934#79471—
1933#70385—
1932#73185—
1931#76876—
1930#69997—
1929#73191—
1928#673107—
1927#72399—
1926#708105—
1925#677120—
1924#695114—
1923#705107—
1922#706106—
1921#717104—
1920#711104—
1919#77882—
1918#74791—
1917#83068—
1916#84864—
1915#81165—
1914#97237—
1913#1,02028—
1912#96028—
1911#1,03118—
1910#1,06917—
1909#81325—
1908#88220—
1907#1,03714—
1906#79321—
1905#1,23810—
1904#1,05012—
1903#93114—
1902#87216—
1901#91813—
1900#91717—
1899#93512—
1898#92014—
1897#73518—
1896#84315—
1895#93212—
1894#78215—
1893#95510—
1892#86112—
1891#1,0068—
1890#69315—
1889#9029—
1888#1,2765—
1887#1,0366—
1886#9936—
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First appearance
1886

The first year at least five girls were named Daphne! It came in at #993, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1888, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

Where Daphne is popular in 1909

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Daphne
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 15 spots since 2024 (#193 → #178)
  • 236 spots since 2020 (#414 → #178)
  • 200 spots since 2015 (#378 → #178)
  • Biggest jump: 445 spots in 1906 (#1,238 → #793)
  • Biggest drop: 313 spots in 1891 (#693 → #1,006)
Rise & fade · girls
139 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 2025 at #178 (1,740 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 130 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 130 yrs · run 1939–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 924
  • Highest: 1 in 924 girls born in 2025 were named Daphne (0.11%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 17.6% of all girls named Daphne (7,768) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s26#902 (1889)#1,052
1890s131#693 (1890)#866
1900s162#793 (1906)#945
1910s498#747 (1918)#907
1920s1,057#673 (1928)#705
1930s764#699 (1930)#791
1940s1,321#579 (1949)#683
1950s2,789#478 (1958)#543
1960s6,933#266 (1962)#366
1970s4,827#335 (1971)#448
1980s2,699#585 (1983)#678
1990s2,519#696 (1999)#819
2000s5,126#466 (2001)#562
2010s7,768#355 (2014)#410
2020s7,562#178 (2025)#266

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.

Daphne in 1909

girls
#813
25 births · 1 in 13,889 girls

Top girls' names in 1909

  1. #1Mary19,259
  2. #2Helen9,250
  3. #3Margaret7,358
  4. #4Ruth6,509
  5. #5Dorothy6,253
  6. #6Anna5,804
  7. #7Elizabeth5,176
  8. #8Mildred5,054
  9. #9Marie4,301
  10. #10Alice4,170
  11. #813Daphne25
More about 1909

girls

347,228 girls got a published name in 1909; 1 in 13,889 of them was named Daphne, which outranked 68.1% of the 2,548 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Daphne
  1. #791Oda26
  2. #791Thora26
  3. #791Zadie26
  4. #813Daphne25
  5. #813Adelina25
  6. #813Betsy25
  7. #813Cathrine25
  8. #831Adrienne24
  9. #831Annetta24
  10. #831Elfrieda24

Tied with 17 names at #813; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 994Laverna#1,862 → #868
  2. ↑ 994Nevada#1,862 → #868
  3. ↑ 901Gayle#1,862 → #961
  4. ↑ 686Elba#1,676 → #990
  5. ↑ 612Gertha#1,547 → #935
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,045Arnetta#912 → #1,957
  2. ↓ 987Launa#970 → #1,957
  3. ↓ 668Buna#939 → #1,607
  4. ↓ 540Arlena#829 → #1,369
  5. ↓ 540Elta#829 → #1,369

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1909 →