Girls' name · since 1930
Daphney
1,513 babies named Daphney in U.S. Social Security records since 1930, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,665 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,057 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,513
- born since 1930
- 2000s
- peak decade
Daphney currently ranks #12057 among girls' names in America, with 1,513 babies recorded since 1930.
Social Security Administration records show Daphney recorded 1,513 times among girls since 1930, holding rank #12057 nationally today, ahead of 30% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1930 to 2025.
- #5,665 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,057 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,513 born since 1930
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daphney ranks #5,665 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,057 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,513 born since 1930, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,665 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,057 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,513
- born since 1930
- 2000s
- peak decade
Daphney's 1,513 recorded births place it above 92.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Daphney compares
1,513 Top 26% higher than 74% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Daphney's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Daphney | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,513 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 49 | 21 | 19,840 |
Daphney's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Daphney's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1930, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 49, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Daphney popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1930–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 49
- Annual births at peak, across 96 years of records
Daphney by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (280 births, 19% of the file).
2000s was Daphney's strongest decade.
280 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Daphney births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 44
1950s
44 births
- 1960s
1960s
203 births
- 1970s
1970s
218 births
- 1980s
1980s
227 births
- 1990s
1990s
234 births
- 2000s
2000s
280 births
- 2010s
2010s
228 births
- 2020s 69
2020s
69 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 280 births (19% of all-time use).
How Daphney compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Daphney's total volume
Daphney by state
Where Daphney concentrates geographically, total births since 1930
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 96 | 6.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 89 | 5.9% |
| #3 | California | | 56 | 3.7% |
| #4 | Texas | | 51 | 3.4% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Mississippi | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.3% |
96 of 1,513 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Daphney's data
- Daphney's decade-level peak was the 2000s (280 total births); usage has since declined to 69 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Daphneys (96 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Daphney: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~95 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, 1930–2025 (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 Daphney 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.