Girls' name · since 1915
Aphrodite
Aphrodite has 728 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,288 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,867 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 728
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Aphrodite is the #6867 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 728 recorded since 1915.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aphrodite has been recorded 728 times among girls since 1915, currently ranked #6867 nationally and more common than 60% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #9,288 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,867 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 728 born since 1915
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aphrodite ranks #9,288 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,867 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 728 born since 1915, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,288 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,867 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 728
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aphrodite's 728 recorded births place it above 87.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Aphrodite compares
728 Top 38% higher than 62% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Aphrodite's all-time total is 94% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aphrodite | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 728 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aphrodite's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aphrodite's full recorded timeline at 1978, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1943, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 24 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aphrodite popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Aphrodite by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (131 births, 18% of the file).
2010s was Aphrodite's strongest decade.
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Aphrodite births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 49
1910s
49 births
- 1920s
1920s
128 births
- 1930s 39
1930s
39 births
- 1940s 19
1940s
19 births
- 1950s 19
1950s
19 births
- 1960s 26
1960s
26 births
- 1970s
1970s
71 births
- 1980s
1980s
55 births
- 1990s 32
1990s
32 births
- 2000s 46
2000s
46 births
- 2010s
2010s
131 births
- 2020s
2020s
113 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 131 births (18% of all-time use).
How Aphrodite compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Aphrodite's total volume
Aphrodite by state
Where Aphrodite concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 37 | 5.1% |
| #2 | Massachusetts | | 22 | 3.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 0.7% |
37 of 728 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Aphrodite's data
- Aphrodite's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (131 total births) through the 2020s (113) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Aphrodites (37 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Aphrodite
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Aphrodite: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~110 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Aphrodite draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.