Daphnee
Girl · DAF-nee · Greek
Daphnee is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “laurel”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Daphnee mean?
Greek: spelling of Daphnie, itself a spelling of Daphne
“laurel”
A spelling of Daphne, the nymph of Greek myth who was turned into a laurel tree to escape Apollo.
- Say it
- DAF-nee
Meaning borrowed from Daphnie.
Is Daphnee a girl's or a boy's name?
Daphnee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Daphnee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Daphnee, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
2025 had more girls named Daphnee than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Daphnee in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,775 girls in the US were given Daphnee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #205, up from #8,858 for this spelling alone.
Daphnee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
Nicknames for Daphnee
- Daph
Names like Daphnee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynlee Teagan Kaylee Brylee Lainey Brooklyn Kaitlyn Devyn Chloe Brielle Braylee Reagan
Other spellings of Daphnee
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