Daphene — girls' name

What the Data Says About Daphene

The Social Security Administration has registered 578 babies named Daphene between 1916 and 1993, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Daphene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Daphene performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 145 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Daphene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Daphene in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Daphene 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 578 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.