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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rising

DaphneIn Hebrew: דפני · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Daphne (Hebrew: דפני) is a girl's name of international origin. 226 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 5 girls and ranked #1,007. Its peak year was 2016, with 10 babies.

People in Israel
226
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
5
rank #1,007
Peak year
2016
10 babies
USA, 2025
1,740
rank #178

Writing and saying Daphne

In Hebrew letters the name is דפני, read right to left. Daphne is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Daphne by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Daphne: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Daphne in English-speaking countries

Daphne in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20251,740#1782025 (1,740)
United Kingdom2025417#1342025 (417)
England and Wales2025390#1252025 (390)
Scotland202524#1722025 (24)
Ireland20259#4101965 (10)
British Columbia20239#3481950 (28)
Alberta202527#1492025 (27)
Quebec202532#1791997 (126)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Daphne has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Daphne

How do you write Daphne in Hebrew?

Daphne is written דפני in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Daphne?

226 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name דפני: 226 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Daphne a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named דפני are women.

Is Daphne used outside Israel?

The name Daphne appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 1,740 girls were given it in 2025 (#178), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 417 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.