Meaning and history
Daphne means “laurel” in Greek, and in Greek mythology she was a nymph transformed into a laurel tree by her father so she could escape Apollo’s pursuit. The name has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the end of the 19th century.
20062006: 478 births, rank #611
2007: 512 births, rank #584
2008: 571 births, rank #539
2009: 649 births, rank #477
2010: 618 births, rank #489
20112011: 673 births, rank #451
2012: 744 births, rank #421
2013: 777 births, rank #396
2014: 919 births, rank #355
2015: 864 births, rank #378
20162016: 819 births, rank #407
2017: 812 births, rank #385
2018: 808 births, rank #384
2019: 734 births, rank #435
2020: 753 births, rank #414
20212021: 1,103 births, rank #288
2022: 1,132 births, rank #281
2023: 1,266 births, rank #241
2024: 1,568 births, rank #193
20252025: 1,740 births, rank #178
Daphne rose from #193 to #178 for girls between 2024 and 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 1,740.