Daphne Girl
How popular is Daphne?
#178 girl name in 2025
1,740 baby girls were named Daphne in the US in 2025, making it the 178th most popular girl name.
Daphne popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #178 for girls (▲ 15 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,740 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+101% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #378 in 2015, #414 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (1,740 girls) |
| Highest rank | #178 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1886 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Daphne counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Daphne family of names ranked #169 for girls in 2025 (#180 the year before), with 1,987 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Daphne | 1,740 | 88% |
| Dafne | 237 | 12% |
| Dafnne | 10 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Daphne is most popular
Babies named Daphne per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 3.6 per 1,000 (43 girls)
- Maine: 2.1 per 1,000 (33 girls)
- Idaho: 2.1 per 1,000 (71 girls)
- Vermont: 2.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Oregon: 2.0 per 1,000 (127 girls)
Daphne by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 26 | #902 |
| 1890s | 131 | #693 |
| 1900s | 162 | #793 |
| 1910s | 498 | #747 |
| 1920s | 1,057 | #673 |
| 1930s | 764 | #699 |
| 1940s | 1,321 | #578 |
| 1950s | 2,789 | #478 |
| 1960s | 6,933 | #266 |
| 1970s | 4,827 | #335 |
| 1980s | 2,699 | #585 |
| 1990s | 2,519 | #695 |
| 2000s | 5,126 | #466 |
| 2010s | 7,768 | #355 |
| 2020s | 7,562 | #178 |
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Questions
- Is Daphne a boy or girl name?
- Daphne is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Daphne were girls.
- How popular is the name Daphne?
- 1,740 baby girls were named Daphne in the US in 2025, making it the 178th most popular girl name.
- When was Daphne most popular?
- Daphne peaked in 2025, when 1,740 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #178 in 2025.
- How many people are named Daphne?
- 44,189 babies have been named Daphne in the US since 1880. We estimate about 39,582 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
- Where is Daphne most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Daphne was most common in District of Columbia, at 3.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.