Girls' name · since 1961
Daphanie
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.
- #12,373 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 466
- born since 1961
- 1970s
- peak decade
466 girls have been named Daphanie since 1961, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Daphanie has 466 recorded births among girls since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 2018.
- #12,373 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 466 born since 1961
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daphanie ranks #12,373 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 466 born since 1961, peaking in the 1970s.
- #12,373 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 466
- born since 1961
- 1970s
- peak decade
Daphanie's 466 recorded births place it above 82.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Mississippi.
Daphanie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Daphanie splits its recorded history at 1983: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1961 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1972 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Daphanie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2018
- Peak year (1972)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Daphanie by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (134 births, 29% of the file).
1970s was Daphanie's strongest decade.
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Daphanie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
87 births
- 1970s
1970s
134 births
- 1980s
1980s
99 births
- 1990s
1990s
78 births
- 2000s
2000s
54 births
- 2010s 14
2010s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 134 births (29% of all-time use).
Daphanie by state
Where Daphanie concentrates geographically, total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 5 | 1.1% |
5 of 466 births nationwide.
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What to do with Daphanie's data
- Daphanie's decade-level peak was the 1970s (134 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Mississippi records the most Daphanies (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Mississippi names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Daphanie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1961–2018 (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 Daphanie 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.