Daphne
Daphne stands at #178 nationally in 2025, with the curve still pointing up. The records carry it back to 1886, but its real era is now, 44,182 American children have carried it so far.
Daphne’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Daphne, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Daphne since 1886
Daphne is at its all-time peak right now: #178 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Daphne is most common
By share of a state's recorded girls' names, Daphne runs strongest in Vermont at 0.51% in 2025, then District of Columbia and Alaska.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Daphne
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Dahlia
#215 in 2025
Declan
#139 in 2025
Dallas
#238 in 2025
Damian
#109 in 2025 · Greek
Daisy
#75 in 2025
Judah
#178 in 2025 · Hebrew
Lilah
#179 in 2025
Amaya
#180 in 2025
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About Daphne
How common is Daphne today?
Daphne stands at #178 nationally in 2025, with the curve still pointing up. The full curve since 1886 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
What is the recorded meaning of Daphne?
Honestly: our cited sources are silent on Daphne, and we would rather show you nothing than something made up.
Is there a sibling name for Daphne?
The recipe puts Dahlia first, then Dallas, on shared origin, a peak within fifteen years, matching syllables and a shared first letter. Run the sibling matcher with your own names for a list scored against them.
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