Persephone
Rank in 2025
#734
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
372
girls 372
Peak year
2022
429 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
4,960
since 1962
Born a Persephone? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Persephone was most popular in 2022, when 429 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.26 per 1,000). In 2025, 372 babies were named Persephone, ranking #734 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 36%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 372 | 734 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 383 | 735 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 377 | 745 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 429 | 681 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 367 | 775 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 333 | 818 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 287 | 922 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 236 | 1075 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 226 | 1114 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 196 | 1241 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 178 | 1329 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 203 | 1198 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 171 | 1362 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 143 | 1539 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 136 | 1592 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 111 | 1830 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 87 | 2244 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 59 | 2957 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 64 | 2822 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 59 | 2916 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 47 | 3257 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 43 | 3444 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 45 | 3232 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 19 | 5897 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 22 | 5174 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 20 | 5491 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 22 | 4870 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 25 | 4366 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 19 | 5228 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 11 | 7574 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 16 | 5677 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 8 | 9586 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 13 | 6622 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 14 | 6253 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 13 | 6465 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 14 | 5836 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 6 | 10386 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 9 | 7353 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 6 | 9307 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 6 | 9144 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 5 | 10275 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 7 | 8224 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 9 | 6804 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 9 | 6789 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 7 | 8061 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 10 | 5958 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 7 | 7567 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 10 | 5601 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 8 | 6484 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 14 | 4227 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 9 | 5580 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 13 | 4300 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 10 | 5136 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 9 | 5413 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 5 | 7471 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 6 | 6246 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 7 | 5457 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 7 | 5289 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 7 | 5474 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 6 | 5860 | <5 | — |
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- Arizona1.5×
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.