Persephone
- #734 for girls in 2025, 372 births
- Peak · girls
- 2022 · 429 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,960since 1962
Persephone over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Persephone has never cracked the top 600 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #734 | 372 |
| 2024 | #735 | 383 |
| 2023 | #745 | 377 |
| 2022 | #681 | 429 |
| 2021 | #775 | 367 |
| 2020 | #818 | 333 |
| 2019 | #922 | 287 |
| 2018 | #1,075 | 236 |
| 2017 | #1,114 | 226 |
| 2016 | #1,241 | 196 |
| 2015 | #1,329 | 178 |
| 2014 | #1,198 | 203 |
| 2013 | #1,362 | 171 |
| 2012 | #1,539 | 143 |
| 2011 | #1,592 | 136 |
| 2010 | #1,830 | 111 |
| 2009 | #2,244 | 87 |
| 2008 | #2,957 | 59 |
| 2007 | #2,822 | 64 |
| 2006 | #2,916 | 59 |
| 2005 | #3,257 | 47 |
| 2004 | #3,444 | 43 |
| 2003 | #3,232 | 45 |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 |
| 1999 | #4,870 | 22 |
| 1998 | #4,366 | 25 |
| 1997 | #5,228 | 19 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
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| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
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| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 |
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| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 |
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First appearance
1962
The first year at least five girls were named Persephone! It came in at #5,860, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1963, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Persephone is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Alaska#112 · 1 in 276
- New Mexico#296 · 1 in 935
- Nevada#328 · 1 in 1,150
- Oregon#353 · 1 in 1,305
- Nebraska#396 · 1 in 1,419
Best ever in a state: #112 in Alaska, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | #112 | 6 | 1 in 276 |
| New Mexico | #296 | 5 | 1 in 935 |
| Nevada | #328 | 8 | 1 in 1,150 |
| Oregon | #353 | 10 | 1 in 1,305 |
| Nebraska | #396 | 5 | 1 in 1,419 |
| Washington | #414 | 17 | 1 in 1,698 |
| Oklahoma | #483 | 8 | 1 in 1,848 |
| Arizona | #515 | 13 | 1 in 2,171 |
| Colorado | #536 | 10 | 1 in 2,333 |
| Kansas | #578 | 5 | 1 in 2,362 |
| Missouri | #589 | 9 | 1 in 2,700 |
| Utah | #605 | 6 | 1 in 2,846 |
| Wisconsin | #612 | 7 | 1 in 2,894 |
| Georgia | #645 | 16 | 1 in 2,826 |
| Pennsylvania | #647 | 15 | 1 in 3,113 |
| Ohio | #668 | 14 | 1 in 3,377 |
| New York | #679 | 24 | 1 in 3,264 |
| Massachusetts | #682 | 7 | 1 in 3,433 |
| Virginia | #704 | 10 | 1 in 3,374 |
| Michigan | #735 | 10 | 1 in 3,573 |
| Louisiana | #776 | 5 | 1 in 3,274 |
| North Carolina | #780 | 12 | 1 in 3,874 |
| Illinois | #797 | 11 | 1 in 4,030 |
| Alabama | #819 | 5 | 1 in 3,664 |
| Florida | #825 | 19 | 1 in 4,566 |
| Texas | #840 | 35 | 1 in 4,587 |
| California | #878 | 33 | 1 in 4,901 |
| Tennessee | #983 | 6 | 1 in 5,346 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Persephone
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 84 spots since 2020 (#818 → #734)
- Biggest jump: 153 spots in 2019
- Biggest drop: 64 spots in 2023
Rise & fade · girls
60 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1962
- Peaked 2022 at #681 (429 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2019–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,823
- Highest: 1 in 3,823 girls born in 2022 were named Persephone (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,321 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 45.6% of all girls named Persephone (2,261) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 38 | #5,289 (1965) | #5,966 |
| 1970s | 97 | #4,227 (1974) | #5,833 |
| 1980s | 71 | #5,836 (1989) | #8,235 |
| 1990s | 141 | #4,366 (1998) | #6,293 |
| 2000s | 465 | #2,244 (2009) | #3,743 |
| 2010s | 1,887 | #922 (2019) | #1,320 |
| 2020s | 2,261 | #681 (2022) | #748 |
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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