Recorded 1961–2018 Girls' name Peak 1972 466 births

Daphanie — girls' name

466 babies named Daphanie in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s871970s1341980s991990s782000s542010s14
1970s
Peak decade

29% of everyone ever named Daphanie was born in this single decade.

1972
Single peak year

21 babies were named Daphanie in 1972 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Daphanie

The Social Security Administration has registered 466 babies named Daphanie between 1961 and 2018, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Daphanie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Daphanie performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 134 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Daphanie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Daphanie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Daphanie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 466 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Daphanie at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

466

Since 1961

58 years of records

Peak year

1972

21 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1961

Recorded for 58 years

Last year on file: 2018

Daphanie popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1961

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (1972)
21
Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
0510152025 201820011993198719811975196919631961 5

Daphanie by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
134 births that decade — 29% of Daphanie's all-time total
1960s871970s1341980s991990s782000s542010s14

Daphanie by state

Where Daphanie concentrates geographically — total births since 1961

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Daphanie
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Mississippi
5 1.1%
Mississippi share of Daphanie's total US births 1.1%

5 of 466 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Daphanie?
466 babies have been named Daphanie since 1961. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 1972 with 21 births.
When was Daphanie most popular?
Daphanie was most popular in the 1970s decade with 134 total births. The single peak year was 1972.
Where is Daphanie most popular?
The top states for the name Daphanie are Mississippi (5 births).
How long has the name Daphanie been used?
Daphanie has been recorded in Social Security data since 1961, spanning 58 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Daphanie?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Daphne, Daphney, Daphine, Daphnie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1961–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.