Daphine — girls' name

What the Data Says About Daphine

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,496 babies named Daphine between 1914 and 2010, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Daphine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 49 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Daphine performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 293 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Daphine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 145 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Daphine in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Daphine 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 1,496 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.