Daphne

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Daphne: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Daphne: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #150, and it stood at #413 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
57times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#150highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#2411
1998	#1571
1999	#1557
2000	#1831
2001	#2023
2002	#1530
2003	#1843
2004	#1158
2005	#1406
2006	#1660
2007	#1573
2008	#1447
2009	#1055
2010	#896
2011	#858
2012	#825
2013	#750
2014	#645
2015	#496
2016	#516
2017	#472
2018	#382
2019	#382
2020	#320
2021	#234
2022	#190
2023	#172
2024	#150

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 27 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #150 among girls in England and Wales, #441 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #476 among girls in Scotland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #234 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #150 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #413 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Daphne appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 2,183 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1964.

Daphne across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Daphne's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#234 (1964)	#227 (1965)	#413 (2025)	27 of 62	175 (1964–2025)	10 (1965)
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#150 (2024)	#150 (2024)	29 of 29	2,183 (1996–2024)	338 (2024)

Daphne by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Daphne in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	32	4 of 10	8
2000s	154	10 of 10	15
2010s	736	10 of 10	74
2020sbusiest	1,261	5 of 10	252

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 252 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2020 and 2021, when recorded births rose by 72, from 142 to 214.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Daphne appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #150 in England and Wales in 2024.

Daphne's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#150	338	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#172	299	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#190	268	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#234	214	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#320	142	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#382	115	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#382	117	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#472	93	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#516	83	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#496	87	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#645	62	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#750	52	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#825	46	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#858	42	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#896	39	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1055	30	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1447	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1573	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1660	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1406	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1158	20	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1831	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1557	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1571	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#413	9	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	8	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#404	9	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#390	10	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#544	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#442	4	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	8	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	5	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#522	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#311	10	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	8	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#332	7	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#383	5	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#307	7	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#265	10	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	5	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	6	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#236	9	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	10	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#234	9	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#476	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 49 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #150, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 338 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 60 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Daoud · #1485, 23y
Dara · #72, 62y
Darach · #227, 32y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Conn · #150, 44y
Amie · #148, 45y
Fearghal · #153, 47y
Manus · #147, 54y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Sylwia · #150, 37y
Finola · #149, 49y
Krister · #148, 46y
Marielle · #152, 55y

Daphne was ranked #150 in England and Wales · Girls in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Daphne and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Daphne without appearing here.

Daphne moved ahead of

Ellinor Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2411 and #2152 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1557 and #3900.
Dylan Compare
In 1997 they stood at #3126 and #2350 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #1571 and #3848.
Marilyn Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1843 and #1843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1158 and #3197.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1831 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2023 and #3998.

Moved ahead of Daphne

Isla Compare
In 2016 they stood at #352 and #432 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #873 and #40.
Matilda Compare
In 2016 they stood at #311 and #468 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #873 and #106.
Elsie Compare
In 2016 they stood at #331 and #508 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #873 and #137.
Ivy Compare
In 2016 they stood at #332 and #471 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #873 and #137.

Moved the opposite way to Daphne

Ada Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Daphne went from #234 to #413 while Ada went from #372 to #45.
Amelia Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Daphne went from #234 to #413 while Amelia went from #300 to #12.
Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Daphne went from #234 to #413 while Annie went from #112 to #33.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Daphne went from #234 to #413 while Aoife went from #206 to #34.

Moved the same way as Daphne

Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Daphne went from #234 to #413 and Alison from #146 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Daphne went from #234 to #413 and Amanda from #118 to #608.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Daphne went from #234 to #413 and Angela from #24 to #608.
Ann Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Daphne went from #234 to #413 and Ann from #4 to #443.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #150 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Daphne

Daphne at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Daphne across 2 official records

Daphne by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Daphne appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Daphne

Daphne and the names beside it

Daphne moved ahead of

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Daphne at a glance

Daphne across 2 official records

Daphne by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Daphne appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Daphne

Daphne and the names beside it

Daphne moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Daphne

Moved the opposite way to Daphne

Moved the same way as Daphne