Daphne

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Daphne is a feminine given name of Greek origin meaning laurel.

From Wikipedia

Daphne first appears in the data in 1945 and has been recorded in 65 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1997 with 600 babies (rank #15 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Daphne

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

11,859
Total babies (all years)
65
Years in the data
600
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19453#69
19482#59
19502#12
19533#889
19543#894
19552#975
19562#979
19579#654
195817#502
195920#490
196021#479
196135#374
196230#415
196339#351
196453#294
196547#324
196666#247
196778#209
196886#204
1969101#185
1970141#145
1971149#135
1972135#144
1973155#113
1974140#119
1975158#103
1976217#78
1977156#104
1978161#109
1979157#106
1980165#107
1981178#105
1982179#101
1983200#82
1984291#52
1985299#54
1986312#51
1987302#54
1988315#50
1989317#51
1990337#46
1991350#43
1992329#40
1993357#39
1994371#37
1995393#29
1996520#20
1997600#15
1998483#29
1999433#30
2000333#47
2001287#56
2002304#52
2003267#55
2004269#57
2005223#64
2006198#75
2007194#75
2008163#91
2009158#99
2010123#122
2011116#126
2012110#124
201395#139
2014100#132