Daphne
338
Babies in 2024
+445%
10-year change
2024
Peak · 338
+13%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Daphne
Daphne is a rising UK girl's name. Registrations in 2024 (338) are up 445% on a decade earlier — one of the steeper climbs in the ONS data for England & Wales.
Daphne reached its peak in 2024, when 338 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #150 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 338 represents 100% of the peak.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 2,183 girls have been officially registered with the name Daphne in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 1,818 girls were registered with the name, starting from 62 in 2014 and ending at 338 in 2024.