Daphne — #192 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Daphne

The Social Security Administration has registered 42,434 babies named Daphne between 1886 and 2024, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Daphne currently holds the #192 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 1,564 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Daphne performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 7,768 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Daphne shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 4,849 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Daphne in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Daphne 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 42,434 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.