girl's name

Dauphine

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 244

Dauphine is a girl's name. In 1962 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in France in 2011, when 15 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade in France.
  • First appears in birth records in 1913.

Dauphine over time

Births per decade in France, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.

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Births named Dauphine by decade in France
Decade Births
1910s 5
1950s 5
1970s 5
1980s 10
1990s 30
2000s 55
2010s 70
2020s (to 2024) 30

How popular is Dauphine?

In 2024, Dauphine was given to 5 babies in France. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Dauphine is used

United States #6,406 6 in 1962
France #7,145 5 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Dauphine

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

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Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Dauphine over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Dauphine

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Dauphine — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Dauphine

How popular is the name Dauphine?

In 2024, Dauphine was given to 5 babies in France. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Dauphine a girl's or a boy's name?

Dauphine is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Dauphine most popular?

Dauphine peaked in 2011, when 15 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.