Persephone
#2,491 most common girls' name of all time · #4,233 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1962–2025
Rank among girls
#2,491
Rank overall
#4,233 of 105,966
First appeared
1962
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
4,960
Since 2016
3,206
Peak year
2022 #683
Best rank
#683 2022
Girls
Boys
peak 429/yr
Persephone first appears in 1962. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 372 | — | 372 | #735 |
| 2024 | 383 | — | 383 | #736 |
| 2023 | 377 | — | 377 | #747 |
| 2022 | 429 | — | 429 | #683 |
| 2021 | 367 | — | 367 | #775 |
| 2020 | 333 | — | 333 | #819 |
| 2019 | 287 | — | 287 | #926 |
| 2018 | 236 | — | 236 | #1,077 |
| 2017 | 226 | — | 226 | #1,119 |
| 2016 | 196 | — | 196 | #1,248 |
| 2015 | 178 | — | 178 | #1,331 |
| 2014 | 203 | — | 203 | #1,203 |
| 2013 | 171 | — | 171 | #1,367 |
| 2012 | 143 | — | 143 | #1,541 |
| 2011 | 136 | — | 136 | #1,596 |
| 2010 | 111 | — | 111 | #1,837 |
| 2009 | 87 | — | 87 | #2,257 |
| 2008 | 59 | — | 59 | #2,970 |
| 2007 | 64 | — | 64 | #2,837 |
| 2006 | 59 | — | 59 | #2,922 |
| 2005 | 47 | — | 47 | #3,284 |
| 2004 | 43 | — | 43 | #3,459 |
| 2003 | 45 | — | 45 | #3,256 |
| 2002 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,974 |
| 2001 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,240 |
| 2000 | 20 | — | 20 | #5,557 |
| 1999 | 22 | — | 22 | #4,931 |
| 1998 | 25 | — | 25 | #4,418 |
| 1997 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,299 |
| 1996 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,754 |
| 1995 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,801 |
| 1994 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,864 |
| 1993 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,769 |
| 1991 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,373 |
| 1990 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,593 |
| 1989 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,977 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,815 |
| 1987 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,605 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,797 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,594 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,887 |
| 1982 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,629 |
| 1981 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,110 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,081 |
| 1979 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,468 |
| 1978 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,217 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,971 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,873 |
| 1975 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,846 |
| 1974 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,380 |
| 1973 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,890 |
| 1972 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,475 |
| 1971 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,434 |
| 1970 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,717 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,204 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,793 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,933 |
| 1965 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,765 |
| 1964 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,947 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,551 |