# Persephone (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/persephone/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /pɚˈsɛfəniː/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Persephonë |
| US babies named this | 4,960 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,960 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 863, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 136 | 1,596 |
| 2012 | 143 | 1,547 |
| 2013 | 171 | 1,368 |
| 2014 | 203 | 1,203 |
| 2015 | 178 | 1,334 |
| 2016 | 196 | 1,250 |
| 2017 | 226 | 1,119 |
| 2018 | 236 | 1,078 |
| 2019 | 287 | 926 |
| 2020 | 333 | 820 |
| 2021 | 367 | 775 |
| 2022 | 429 | 683 |
| 2023 | 377 | 748 |
| 2024 | 383 | 736 |
| 2025 | 372 | 735 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 38 | 937 |
| 2012 | 25 | 1,297 |
| 2013 | 39 | 944 |
| 2014 | 42 | 890 |
| 2015 | 47 | 809 |
| 2016 | 40 | 916 |
| 2017 | 40 | 933 |
| 2018 | 43 | 864 |
| 2019 | 40 | 897 |
| 2020 | 66 | 589 |
| 2021 | 60 | 640 |
| 2022 | 71 | 550 |
| 2023 | 69 | 558 |
| 2024 | 64 | 610 |
| 2025 | 77 | 520 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Персефона
- Greek: Περσεφόνη
- Catalan: Persèfone
- Chinese: 珀耳塞福涅, 普西芬尼
- Czech: Persefona
- Danish: Persefone
- Dutch: Persephone
- Esperanto: Persefono
- Finnish: Persefone
- French: Perséphone
- German: Persephone
- Hebrew: פרספונה
- Hindi: पर्सेफ़ोनी
- Hungarian: Perszephoné
- Irish: Peirsifiné, Peirséifiné
- Italian: Persefone
- Japanese: ペルセポネー
- Korean: 페르세포네
- Latin: Persephonē
- Latvian: Persefone

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.