Aphrodite

Aphrodite was the #6,838 girls' name in the US in 2025 (16 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales and #3,478 in Canada.

Aphrodite as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Aphrodite as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Aphrodite as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#6,838 (16)#5,927 (3)#3,478 (5)
2024#5,300 (24)#3,319 (7)—
2023#6,169 (19)#4,710 (4)—
2022#6,229 (19)#5,670 (3)—
2021#6,967 (16)#5,581 (3)—
2020#6,083 (19)#5,493 (3)#2,873 (6)
2019#6,698 (17)——
2018#6,792 (17)#4,684 (4)—
2017#7,840 (14)——
2016#8,875 (12)#4,763 (4)—
2015#7,266 (16)——
2014#7,636 (15)——
2013#10,235 (10)——
2012#8,632 (13)——
2011#9,723 (11)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #5,300.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1915.

How common is it?

about 1 in 100,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 100,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Aphrodite is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 80,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 55,000 to 1 in 120,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AphroditeCanadaGirls#3,4785
AphroditeEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
AphroditeUSGirls#6,83816