Girls' name · since 2006
Persephonie
118 babies named Persephonie in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,341 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,194 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 118
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Persephonie currently ranks #16194 among girls' names in America, with 118 babies recorded since 2006.
Persephonie has 118 recorded births among girls since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16194 as of the latest data, more common than 6% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #25,341 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,194 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 118 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Persephonie ranks #25,341 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,194 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 118 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #25,341 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,194 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 118
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Persephonie's 118 recorded births place it above 64.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Persephonie compares
118 28th percentile among 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
Persephonie's all-time total is 69% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Persephonie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 118 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Persephonie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Persephonie's full recorded timeline at 2015, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Persephonie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Persephonie by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (83 births, 70% of the file).
2010s was Persephonie's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Persephonie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
83 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 83 births (70% of all-time use).
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- Persephonie's decade-level peak was the 2010s (83 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Persephonie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~19 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, 2006–2025 (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 Persephonie 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.