Daphney Girl
How popular is Daphney?
#11,928 girl name in 2025
7 baby girls were named Daphney in the US in 2025, making it the 11928th most popular girl name.
1,452living people named Daphney (est.)
33median age of people named Daphney
1,513babies named Daphney since 1880
1 in 473,620US babies born in 2025
Daphney popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #11,928 for girls (▼ 811 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 7 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-71% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,456 in 2015, #9,541 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2001 (49 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,916 in 1962 |
| First recorded | 1930 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Daphney counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Daphnie family of names ranked #3,468 for girls in 2025 (#2,513 the year before), with 25 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Daphnie | 7 | 28% |
| Daphney | 7 | 28% |
| Daphnee | 11 | 44% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Daphney by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1940s | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1950s | 44 | #3,909 |
| 1960s | 203 | #1,916 |
| 1970s | 218 | #2,486 |
| 1980s | 227 | #3,068 |
| 1990s | 234 | #3,045 |
| 2000s | 280 | #2,920 |
| 2010s | 228 | #3,998 |
| 2020s | 69 | #6,459 |
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Questions
- Is Daphney a boy or girl name?
- Daphney is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Daphney were girls.
- How popular is the name Daphney?
- 7 baby girls were named Daphney in the US in 2025, making it the 11928th most popular girl name.
- When was Daphney most popular?
- Daphney peaked in 2001, when 49 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,916 in 1962.
- How many people are named Daphney?
- 1,513 babies have been named Daphney in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,452 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 33.
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.