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How popular is the name Daphne?
Births per year, rank history and how many Daphnes are alive today.
Daphne (female) sits just outside the top 100 girls' names in England and Wales, ranked 125th in 2025 with 390 babies given the name. The name peaked in 1934, when around 640 babies were given the name, the 54th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 3126 in 1996 before climbing back to the 125th place it holds today. Numbers have been rising in recent years. At least 23,000 babies have been named Daphne in England and Wales since 1924. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Daphne you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old - or else around 87: the name has two living generations. Half of all Daphnes born in England and Wales are between 48 and 83, and there are at least 14,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 4.3% chance that at least one of them will be called Daphne.
How many babies are named Daphne each year?
Where does Daphne rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Daphne most popular?
Daphne peaked in 1934, when around 640 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Daphne?
At least 14,000 people named Daphne born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Daphne?
Most living Daphnes are between 48 and 83; the most common age is about 2. There is a second cluster around 87.
Is Daphne becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.