Persephone

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Persephone is an Ancient Greek feminine name used in reference to Persephone, the Greek goddess of spring and the Greek underworld.

From Wikipedia

Persephone first appears in the data in 1962 and has been recorded in 59 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2022 with 428 babies (rank #685 that year). In 2024 it was given to 381 girls (rank #737). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Persephone

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Persephone yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

4,583
Total babies (all years)
59
Years in the data
428
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19626#6,387
19647#5,862
19657#5,660
19677#5,893
19686#6,791
19695#8,337
19709#5,700
197110#5,415
197213#4,470
19739#5,919
197414#4,383
19758#6,951
197610#5,914
19777#8,170
197810#6,263
19797#8,704
19809#7,224
19819#7,213
19827#8,927
19835#11,496
19846#10,000
19856#10,271
19879#7,815
19886#11,347
198914#6,064
199013#6,752
199114#6,492
199313#6,937
19948#10,268
199516#5,882
199611#7,975
199719#5,358
199825#4,466
199922#4,991
200020#5,637
200122#5,327
200219#6,067
200345#3,277
200443#3,479
200547#3,308
200659#2,934
200764#2,847
200859#2,986
200987#2,265
2010111#1,841
2011136#1,596
2012143#1,547
2013171#1,368
2014203#1,203
2015178#1,334
2016196#1,250
2017226#1,119
2018236#1,077
2019287#926
2020333#819
2021366#777
2022428#685
2023376#749
2024381#737