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How popular is “Daphne” in the USA?

Number of people named “Daphne” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Daphne” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Daphne” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Daphne” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Daphne” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Daphne” by birth year

This chart shows how “Daphne” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1886 6 0.0000235 6 100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 100%
1888 5 0.000016696 5 100%
1889 9 0.000031148 9 100%
1890 15 0.000049768 15 100%
1891 8 0.000027906 8 100%
1892 12 0.000035888 12 100%
1893 10 0.000030748 10 100%
1894 15 0.000044288 15 100%
1895 12 0.000034186 12 100%
1896 15 0.00004196 15 100%
1897 18 0.00005188 18 100%
1898 14 0.000036702 14 100%
1899 12 0.000035374 12 100%
1900 17 0.000037756 17 100%
1901 13 0.000037593 13 100%
1902 16 0.000041372 16 100%
1903 14 0.000036726 14 100%
1904 12 0.000029741 12 100%
1905 10 0.000023589 10 100%
1906 21 0.000049014 21 100%
1907 14 0.000030082 14 100%
1908 20 0.000040929 20 100%
1909 25 0.000048902 25 100%
1910 17 0.000028779 17 100%
1911 18 0.000027938 18 100%
1912 28 0.000028338 28 100%
1913 28 0.000024624 28 100%
1914 37 0.000026124 37 100%
1915 65 0.000035472 65 100%
1916 64 0.000033085 64 100%
1917 68 0.000033886 68 100%
1918 91 0.000041914 91 100%
1919 82 0.000038858 82 100%
1920 104 0.000045964 104 100%
1921 104 0.000044549 104 100%
1922 106 0.000046305 106 100%
1923 107 0.000046472 107 100%
1924 114 0.000047867 114 100%
1925 120 0.000051429 120 100%
1926 105 0.000045734 105 100%
1927 99 0.000042684 99 100%
1928 107 0.000047325 107 100%
1929 91 0.000041512 91 100%
1930 97 0.000043629 97 100%
1931 76 0.000036115 76 100%
1932 85 0.00004026 85 100%
1933 85 0.000042512 85 100%
1934 71 0.000034187 71 100%
1935 71 0.000033973 71 100%
1936 79 0.000038025 79 100%
1937 94 0.000044118 94 100%
1938 50 0.000022598 50 100%
1939 56 0.000025415 56 100%
1940 98 0.000042559 98 100%
1941 111 0.000045559 111 100%
1942 106 0.000038802 106 100%
1943 103 0.000036492 103 100%
1944 113 0.000042006 113 100%
1945 104 0.000039202 104 100%
1946 136 0.000042562 136 100%
1947 179 0.00004969 179 100%
1948 166 0.000048081 166 100%
1949 205 0.000058827 205 100%
1950 252 0.000071931 252 100%
1951 221 0.000059993 221 100%
1952 264 0.00006951 264 100%
1953 257 0.00006669 257 100%
1954 259 0.000065064 259 100%
1955 250 0.000062265 250 100%
1956 262 0.000063545 262 100%
1957 313 0.000074486 313 100%
1958 393 0.000095068 393 100%
1959 318 0.000076479 318 100%
1960 295 0.000071019 295 100%
1961 670 0.000161746 670 100%
1962 1139 0.000282254 1132 7 99%
1963 926 0.000233945 926 100%
1964 766 0.000197036 766 100%
1965 641 0.000176806 641 100%
1966 617 0.000177521 617 100%
1967 605 0.000178209 605 100%
1968 640 0.000189438 640 100%
1969 641 0.000184443 641 100%
1970 683 0.00018938 683 100%
1971 778 0.000226667 778 100%
1972 556 0.000176901 556 100%
1973 536 0.000177667 536 100%
1974 503 0.000165461 503 100%
1975 383 0.000126847 383 100%
1976 440 0.000145009 440 100%
1977 347 0.00010924 347 100%
1978 301 0.000094837 301 100%
1979 300 0.000090171 300 100%
1980 286 0.000083031 286 100%
1981 273 0.000078916 273 100%
1982 296 0.000084379 296 100%
1983 305 0.000088065 305 100%
1984 281 0.000080544 281 100%
1985 276 0.00007733 276 100%
1986 245 0.000068877 245 100%
1987 238 0.000066008 238 100%
1988 277 0.000074965 277 100%
1989 222 0.000057746 222 100%
1990 268 0.000067806 268 100%
1991 223 0.000057249 223 100%
1992 220 0.000057273 220 100%
1993 210 0.000055699 210 100%
1994 280 0.000075316 280 100%
1995 225 0.000061439 225 100%
1996 241 0.000066078 241 100%
1997 244 0.000067296 244 100%
1998 284 0.000077212 284 100%
1999 324 0.000087713 324 100%
2000 396 0.000104765 396 100%
2001 597 0.000159481 597 100%
2002 465 0.000124388 465 100%
2003 460 0.000120979 460 100%
2004 477 0.000124839 477 100%
2005 520 0.000135246 520 100%
2006 478 0.000120823 478 100%
2007 512 0.000128074 512 100%
2008 571 0.000145268 571 100%
2009 649 0.000169887 649 100%
2010 618 0.00016722 618 100%
2011 673 0.000183991 673 100%
2012 744 0.000203425 744 100%
2013 777 0.00021313 777 100%
2014 919 0.000247951 919 100%
2015 864 0.000233456 864 100%
2016 819 0.00022324 819 100%
2017 812 0.000227057 812 100%
2018 808 0.000229813 808 100%
2019 734 0.000211471 734 100%
2020 752 0.000225111 752 100%
2021 1102 0.000325271 1102 100%
2022 1132 0.000334601 1132 100%
2023 1265 0.000382037 1265 100%
2024 1564 0.000469881 1564 100%

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