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Girl name

Daphney

100% girls · 7 born in 2025

Daphney has been given to about 1,513 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2001, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

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Origin—
Syllables2
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Living in the US≈ 1,459
Median age today33 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Daphney per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2001 · 49
  • Born in 20257
  • All time1,513

How popular is Daphney?

Its best year was 2001, when 49 babies were given the name, ranking 2932nd. The typical living American called Daphney is about 33 years old today.

Names that sound like Daphney

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Daphne0.78
  2. Laney0.73
  3. Janey0.73
  4. Lainey0.68
  5. Delaney0.63
  6. Casey0.61
  7. Haley0.61
  8. Harley0.61

Middle names for Daphney

Ranked by flow score
  1. Daphney Anne0.81
  2. Daphney Catherine0.78
  3. Daphney Josephine0.78
  4. Daphney Rose0.77
  5. Daphney Marie0.77
  6. Daphney Grace0.77

Sibling names for Daphney

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Aracelisister · 0.81
  2. Alvarobrother · 0.81
  3. Noemisister · 0.81
  4. Aronbrother · 0.81
  5. Noebrother · 0.80
  6. Marasister · 0.80

Where Daphney is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Daphney Anderson0.77
    2. Daphney White0.72
    3. Daphney Nguyen0.72
    4. Daphney Moore0.72
    5. Daphney Hill0.72
    6. Daphney Hall0.72

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Daphney

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.