Daphna — girls' name

What the Data Says About Daphna

The Social Security Administration has registered 648 babies named Daphna between 1909 and 2023, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Daphna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Daphna performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 132 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Daphna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Daphna in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Daphna 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 648 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.