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Persephone

Pronounced /pəˈsɛfəni/

Rank in 2024
#738
Born in 2024
381
Peak year
2022 · #682
Origin
Ancient Greek

1880 to 2024

Rising
00.10.20.318801900192019401960198020002020
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 381 girls were named Persephone, about 1 in every 4,234.
  • It peaked in 2022 with 428 babies, ranked #682.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1962.
  • 4,583 girls have been named Persephone since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Persephone per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.2
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 13 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 131 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 137 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 921 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,381 babies, 0.17 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē).

  • (rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Origin
Ancient Greek
Say it
/pəˈsɛfəni/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Persephone, CC BY-SA 4.0.