The name Daphne is of Greek origin, and means laurel.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Daphne has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Daphne
Use of the Name Daphne for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
25,934
20,851
7,580
3,691
2,377
920
465
The table below indicates the number of times the name Daphne has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Daphne first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1889, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Daphne
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1889
917
9
1890
696
15
1891
1892
865
12
1893
969
10
1894
791
15
1895
941
12
1896
847
15
1897
743
18
1898
928
14
1899
940
12
1900
926
17
1901
926
13
1902
877
16
1903
939
14
1904
1905
1906
800
21
1907
1908
888
20
1909
818
25
1910
1911
1912
961
28
1913
1914
973
37
1915
812
65
1916
851
64
1917
830
68
1918
748
91
1919
781
82
1920
713
104
1921
720
104
1922
706
106
1923
705
107
1924
694
114
1925
671
121
1926
713
104
1927
727
98
1928
668
109
1929
735
90
1930
699
97
1931
769
76
1932
729
85
1933
705
85
1934
797
71
1935
805
71
1936
763
78
1937
708
93
1938
995
51
1939
952
55
1940
699
99
1941
669
112
1942
732
105
1943
764
103
1944
707
113
1945
733
104
1946
682
136
1947
629
177
1948
645
166
1949
580
205
1950
511
253
1951
579
219
1952
519
265
1953
540
258
1954
556
256
1955
580
249
1956
581
264
1957
544
310
1958
481
390
1959
545
319
1960
571
296
1961
371
669
1962
266
1,131
1963
303
928
1964
343
765
1965
358
637
1966
366
614
1967
366
603
1968
353
637
1969
360
640
1970
360
684
1971
335
776
1972
386
554
1973
382
536
1974
402
503
1975
479
382
1976
443
440
1977
529
346
1978
573
300
1979
601
298
1980
643
283
1981
650
272
1982
609
295
1983
585
305
1984
629
280
1985
658
276
1986
729
243
1987
755
238
1988
697
275
1989
843
222
1990
766
267
1991
881
224
1992
891
220
1993
914
210
1994
744
279
1995
862
225
1996
834
240
1997
843
244
1998
761
282
1999
695
323
2000
631
396
2001
464
597
2002
568
464
2003
597
455
2004
593
465
Totals:
25,934
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Daphne as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Daphne appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 109 times during the last 125 years.