Persephone

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Persephone: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #550, and it stood at #610 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#550highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#2411
1998	#1697
1999	#3225
2000	#2416
2003	#2436
2004	#1715
2005	#2084
2006	#2781
2007	#2085
2008	#2721
2009	#2326
2010	#3156
2011	#937
2012	#1297
2013	#944
2014	#890
2015	#809
2016	#916
2017	#933
2018	#864
2019	#897
2020	#589
2021	#640
2022	#550
2023	#558
2024	#610

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 England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #550 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #610 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Persephone 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 Persephone in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	24	4 of 10	6
2000s	71	8 of 10	9
2010s	361	10 of 10	36
2020sbusiest	330	5 of 10	66

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 66 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2010 and 2011, when recorded births rose by 31, from 7 to 38.

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

Persephone appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #550 in England and Wales in 2022.

Persephone'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	#610	64	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#558	69	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#550	71	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#640	60	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#589	66	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#897	40	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#864	43	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#933	40	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#916	40	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#809	47	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#890	42	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#944	39	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1297	25	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#937	38	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1715	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1697	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #550, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 71 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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.

Perrie · #355, 19y
Perry · #95, 30y
Perseus · #1692, 12y
Pessy · #3397, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Raees · #549, 29y
Eisa · #546, 26y
Fahim · #554, 28y
Zubair · #554, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Hakeem · #550, 29y
Marlena · #550, 26y
Esa · #549, 29y
Raees · #549, 29y

Persephone was ranked #550 in England and Wales · Girls in 2022. 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.

Persephone 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 Persephone without appearing here.

Persephone moved ahead of

Pauline Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3156 and #2589 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #937 and #4764.
Meabh Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2781 and #2781 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2085 and #5201.
Helene Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3156 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #937 and #4049.
Jayden Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3156 and #1731 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #937 and #3549.

Moved ahead of Persephone

Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2084 and #2682 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2781 and #2137.
Blake Compare
In 2015 they stood at #809 and #1240 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #916 and #768.
Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #897 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #589 and #460.

Moved the opposite way to Persephone

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Persephone went from #3126 to #610 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Persephone went from #3126 to #610 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Persephone went from #3126 to #610 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Persephone went from #3126 to #610 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Persephone

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Persephone went from #3126 to #610 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Persephone went from #3126 to #610 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Persephone went from #3126 to #610 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Persephone went from #3126 to #610 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #550 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Persephone

Persephone at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Persephone by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Persephone at a glance

Persephone by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Persephone moved ahead of

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