Aphrodite
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Aphrodite is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Aphrodite mean?
Greek
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Aphrodite a girl's or a boy's name?
Aphrodite is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aphrodite in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Aphrodite, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 7 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Aphrodite in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Aphrodite in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Aphrodite, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the girls named Aphrodite in the US since 1880 were born between 1930 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aphrodite in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,642 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,920 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,255 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,350 |
| 1925 | 17 | #2,190 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 17 | #2,169 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,377 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,596 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,812 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,315 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,687 |
Names like Aphrodite
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Phoebe, Annabelle, Adeline, Athena, Penelope, Eloise, Aurora, Maisie, Sophia, Isabelle, Clementine, Ivy-Rose
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Lainey, Elena
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aphrodite: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aphrodite, updated 20 October 2026.