Persephone is an uncommon girls' name that has climbed to its highest level yet, peaking in 2022.
Persephone is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #735 for girl births in the United States (and #1,450 across all names), given to 372 babies. Persephone first appears in 1962 and peaked in 2022 (429 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 372 | 372 | #735 |
| 2024 | 383 | 383 | #736 |
| 2023 | 377 | 377 | #748 |
| 2022 | 429 | 429 | #683 |
| 2021 | 367 | 367 | #775 |
| 2020 | 333 | 333 | #820 |
| 2019 | 287 | 287 | #926 |
| 2018 | 236 | 236 | #1,078 |
| 2017 | 226 | 226 | #1,119 |
| 2016 | 196 | 196 | #1,250 |
| 2015 | 178 | 178 | #1,334 |
| 2014 | 203 | 203 | #1,203 |
| 2013 | 171 | 171 | #1,368 |
| 2012 | 143 | 143 | #1,547 |
| 2011 | 136 | 136 | #1,596 |
| 2010 | 111 | 111 | #1,841 |
| 2009 | 87 | 87 | #2,265 |
| 2008 | 59 | 59 | #2,987 |
| 2007 | 64 | 64 | #2,847 |
| 2006 | 59 | 59 | #2,934 |
| 2005 | 47 | 47 | #3,308 |
| 2004 | 43 | 43 | #3,479 |
| 2003 | 45 | 45 | #3,278 |
| 2002 | 19 | 19 | #6,067 |
| 2001 | 22 | 22 | #5,327 |
| 2000 | 20 | 20 | #5,638 |
| 1999 | 22 | 22 | #4,991 |
| 1998 | 25 | 25 | #4,466 |
| 1997 | 19 | — | #5,358 |
| 1996 | 11 | — | #7,975 |
| 1995 | 16 | — | #5,882 |
| 1994 | 8 | — | #10,268 |
| 1993 | 13 | — | #6,937 |
| 1991 | 14 | — | #6,492 |
| 1990 | 13 | — | #6,752 |
| 1989 | 14 | — | #6,064 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | #11,347 |
| 1987 | 9 | — | #7,815 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | #10,271 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | #10,001 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #11,497 |
| 1982 | 7 | — | #8,927 |
| 1981 | 9 | — | #7,213 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | #7,224 |
| 1979 | 7 | — | #8,703 |
| 1978 | 10 | — | #6,264 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | #8,171 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | #5,914 |
| 1975 | 8 | — | #6,951 |
| 1974 | 14 | — | #4,383 |
| 1973 | 9 | — | #5,919 |
| 1972 | 13 | — | #4,470 |
| 1971 | 10 | — | #5,415 |
| 1970 | 9 | — | #5,700 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | #8,337 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | #6,791 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | #5,894 |
| 1965 | 7 | — | #5,663 |
| 1964 | 7 | — | #5,863 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | #6,385 |