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
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 1,740 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 44,182since 1886
Daphne over time
Rank among girls' names. Daphne has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #178 | 1,740 | — | |
| 2024 | #193 | 1,568 | — | |
| 2023 | #241 | 1,266 | — | |
| 2022 | #281 | 1,132 | — | |
| 2021 | #288 | 1,103 | — | |
| 2020 | #414 | 753 | — | |
| 2019 | #435 | 734 | — | |
| 2018 | #384 | 808 | — | |
| 2017 | #385 | 812 | — | |
| 2016 | #407 | 819 | — | |
| 2015 | #378 | 864 | — | |
| 2014 | #355 | 919 | — | |
| 2013 | #396 | 777 | — | |
| 2012 | #421 | 744 | — | |
| 2011 | #451 | 673 | — | |
| 2010 | #489 | 618 | — | |
| 2009 | #477 | 649 | — | |
| 2008 | #539 | 571 | — | |
| 2007 | #584 | 512 | — | |
| 2006 | #611 | 478 | — | |
| 2005 | #554 | 520 | — | |
| 2004 | #589 | 478 | — | |
| 2003 | #594 | 460 | — | |
| 2002 | #569 | 465 | — | |
| 2001 | #466 | 597 | — | |
| 2000 | #633 | 396 | — | |
| 1999 | #696 | 324 | — | |
| 1998 | #757 | 284 | — | |
| 1997 | #843 | 244 | — | |
| 1996 | #831 | 241 | — | |
| 1995 | #863 | 225 | — | |
| 1994 | #742 | 280 | — | |
| 1993 | #913 | 210 | — | |
| 1992 | #892 | 220 | — | |
| 1991 | #883 | 223 | — | |
| 1990 | #765 | 268 | — | |
| 1989 | #843 | 222 | — | |
| 1988 | #692 | 277 | — | |
| 1987 | #754 | 238 | — | |
| 1986 | #726 | 245 | — | |
| 1985 | #657 | 276 | — | |
| 1984 | #630 | 281 | — | |
| 1983 | #585 | 305 | — | |
| 1982 | #606 | 296 | — | |
| 1981 | #646 | 273 | — | |
| 1980 | #637 | 286 | — | |
| 1979 | #601 | 300 | — | |
| 1978 | #571 | 301 | — | |
| 1977 | #528 | 347 | — | |
| 1976 | #443 | 440 | — | |
| 1975 | #479 | 383 | — | |
| 1974 | #402 | 503 | — | |
| 1973 | #382 | 536 | — | |
| 1972 | #383 | 556 | — | |
| 1971 | #335 | 778 | — | |
| 1970 | #360 | 683 | — | |
| 1969 | #360 | 641 | — | |
| 1968 | #350 | 640 | — | |
| 1967 | #364 | 605 | — | |
| 1966 | #365 | 617 | — | |
| 1965 | #356 | 641 | — | |
| 1964 | #344 | 766 | — | |
| 1963 | #306 | 927 | — | |
| 1962 | #266 | 1,131 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #371 | 670 | — | |
| 1960 | #573 | 295 | — | |
| 1959 | #545 | 318 | — | |
| 1958 | #478 | 393 | — | |
| 1957 | #541 | 314 | — | |
| 1956 | #582 | 261 | — | |
| 1955 | #577 | 250 | — | |
| 1954 | #554 | 259 | — | |
| 1953 | #540 | 257 | — | |
| 1952 | #520 | 264 | — | |
| 1951 | #578 | 221 | — | |
| 1950 | #513 | 252 | — | |
| 1949 | #579 | 205 | — | |
| 1948 | #645 | 166 | — | |
| 1947 | #627 | 179 | — | |
| 1946 | #681 | 136 | — | |
| 1945 | #731 | 104 | — | |
| 1944 | #705 | 113 | — | |
| 1943 | #762 | 103 | — | |
| 1942 | #725 | 106 | — | |
| 1941 | #669 | 111 | — | |
| 1940 | #702 | 98 | — | |
| 1939 | #939 | 56 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,007 | 50 | — | |
| 1937 | #704 | 94 | — | |
| 1936 | #757 | 79 | — | |
| 1935 | #805 | 71 | — | |
| 1934 | #794 | 71 | — | |
| 1933 | #703 | 85 | — | |
| 1932 | #731 | 85 | — | |
| 1931 | #768 | 76 | — | |
| 1930 | #699 | 97 | — | |
| 1929 | #731 | 91 | — | |
| 1928 | #673 | 107 | — | |
| 1927 | #723 | 99 | — | |
| 1926 | #708 | 105 | — | |
| 1925 | #677 | 120 | — | |
| 1924 | #695 | 114 | — | |
| 1923 | #705 | 107 | — | |
| 1922 | #706 | 106 | — | |
| 1921 | #717 | 104 | — | |
| 1920 | #711 | 104 | — | |
| 1919 | #778 | 82 | — | |
| 1918 | #747 | 91 | — | |
| 1917 | #830 | 68 | — | |
| 1916 | #848 | 64 | — | |
| 1915 | #811 | 65 | — | |
| 1914 | #972 | 37 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,020 | 28 | — | |
| 1912 | #960 | 28 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,031 | 18 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,069 | 17 | — | |
| 1909 | #813 | 25 | — | |
| 1908 | #882 | 20 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,037 | 14 | — | |
| 1906 | #793 | 21 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,238 | 10 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,050 | 12 | — | |
| 1903 | #931 | 14 | — | |
| 1902 | #872 | 16 | — | |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 | — | |
| 1900 | #917 | 17 | — | |
| 1899 | #935 | 12 | — | |
| 1898 | #920 | 14 | — | |
| 1897 | #735 | 18 | — | |
| 1896 | #843 | 15 | — | |
| 1895 | #932 | 12 | — | |
| 1894 | #782 | 15 | — | |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 | — | |
| 1892 | #861 | 12 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1890 | #693 | 15 | — | |
| 1889 | #902 | 9 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 | — | |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Daphne
- 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)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 2025 at #178 (1,740 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 130 yrs · run 1939–2025
- Highest: 1 in 924 girls born in 2025 were named Daphne (0.11%)
- 17.6% of all girls named Daphne (7,768) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 26 | #902 (1889) | #1,052 |
| 1890s | 131 | #693 (1890) | #866 |
| 1900s | 162 | #793 (1906) | #945 |
| 1910s | 498 | #747 (1918) | #907 |
| 1920s | 1,057 | #673 (1928) | #705 |
| 1930s | 764 | #699 (1930) | #791 |
| 1940s | 1,321 | #579 (1949) | #683 |
| 1950s | 2,789 | #478 (1958) | #543 |
| 1960s | 6,933 | #266 (1962) | #366 |
| 1970s | 4,827 | #335 (1971) | #448 |
| 1980s | 2,699 | #585 (1983) | #678 |
| 1990s | 2,519 | #696 (1999) | #819 |
| 2000s | 5,126 | #466 (2001) | #562 |
| 2010s | 7,768 | #355 (2014) | #410 |
| 2020s | 7,562 | #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 1962
Top girls' names in 1962
Top boys' names in 1962
More about 1962
girls
1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 1,739 of them was named Daphne, which outranked 96.5% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 295,539 of them was named Daphne, which outranked 28.6% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,041Wyndell8
- #3,041Yosef8
- #3,041Zach8
- #3,305Daphne7
- #3,305Ace7
- #3,305Adel7
- #3,305Aidan7
- #3,640Abdon6
- #3,640Abdullah6
- #3,640Alcides6
Tied with 334 names at #3,305; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.