Daphnee
Daphnee is a name with a single cultural origin: French.
- French
Meaning & Origin of Daphnee
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Daphnee is a name with a single cultural origin: French.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Daphnee
The earliest SSA record of Daphnee as a baby girl name dates back to 1970, when 8 babies received it. 2007 was its biggest year on record, with 18 newborns named Daphnee — #7,092 in the national rankings. About 30% of every Daphnee on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Daphnee last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 407 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Daphnee
Daphnee is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 407 births in the dataset. Daphnee's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #7,092. Use the chart and map above to compare Daphnee's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.