NameTides

Persephone

Persephone was the #734 girls' name in the US in 2025 (372 babies), and #520 in England & Wales and #1,577 in Canada.

Persephone as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Persephone as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUSCanada
Persephone as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#734 (372)#520 (77)—#1,577 (15)
2024#735 (383)#610 (64)—#1,617 (14)
2023#745 (377)#558 (69)#749 (3)#1,254 (19)
2022#681 (429)#550 (71)—#1,854 (11)
2021#775 (367)#640 (60)—#1,454 (16)
2020#818 (333)#589 (66)—#1,557 (14)
2019#922 (287)#897 (40)—#1,104 (23)
2018#1,075 (236)#864 (43)—#1,639 (13)
2017#1,114 (226)#933 (40)—#1,382 (17)
2016#1,241 (196)#916 (40)—#2,195 (9)
2015#1,329 (178)#809 (47)—#1,584 (14)
2014#1,198 (203)#890 (42)—#2,026 (10)
2013#1,362 (171)#944 (39)—#2,204 (9)
2012#1,539 (143)#1,297 (25)—#2,601 (7)
2011#1,592 (136)#937 (38)—#2,009 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #681.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1962.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,300 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 4,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 10,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Persephone is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,700 to 1 in 4,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Persephone by state, 2025Alaska: #112AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #414WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #797ILMichigan: #735MINew York: #679NYMassachusetts: #682MAOregon: #353ORNevada: #328NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #668OHPennsylvania: #647PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #878CAUtah: #605UTColorado: #536CONebraska: #396NEMissouri: #589MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #704VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #515AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: #578KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: #780NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #483OKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #819ALGeorgia: #645GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #840TXFlorida: #825FL
Persephone (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,4107

Persephone (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
PersephoneCanadaGirls#1,57715
PersephoneEngland & WalesGirls#52077
PersephoneNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
PersephoneScotlandGirls—too few
PersephoneUSGirls#734372