Tryphena

Girls' name

Softness, daintiness

Tryphena has been given to 110 babies in the U.S. since 1908. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1980, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Tryphena, 2016

1 in 734,000

Tryphena over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Tryphena: meaning, origin, and history

Softness, daintiness

Ancient Greek

What Tryphena means

Tryphena means “softness, daintiness”, associated with trŭphḗ.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Ancient Greek Τρύφαινα (Trúphaina), from Ancient Greek τρῠφή (trŭphḗ, “softness, daintiness”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Tryphena (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Tryphena is used in English. Its origins include Ancient Greek.

Tryphena comes through Ancient Greek Τρύφαινα and Ancient Greek τρῠφή.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Tryphena is pronounced /ˌtɹaɪˈfiːnə/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 110 girls were recorded with the name Tryphena between 1908 and 2016. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1980; its best national rank was #2,402 in 1908.

How common is Tryphena?

Tryphena had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2016, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2016: 1 in 734,000; 5 of 3,669,531 births
Among girls only: 1 in 354,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2016: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 508,706 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Tryphena sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2016 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 508,706 children born in 2016 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tryphena. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tryphenas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Tryphena was born before 1986 — so the typical Tryphena is around 39 today.

Median birth year: 1986; About 39 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 26.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 41.8%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 98; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 26.4% of all recorded uses (29).

Is Tryphena rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1980 (8)
Years since peak: 45; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 15.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,402; 1908

Tryphena around the world

Where Tryphena ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1997–2006
#3,548
in 2006
South Australia
1944–2009
#818
in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Tryphena by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,402; 1908
Peak year: 1980; 8 that year
First recorded: 1908
Last recorded: 2016
All-time count: 110
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Tryphena

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Tryphena

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Charissa Sharonda Shameka Darci Candi Siobhan Starla Shamika

For a brother

Leopoldo Jerod Wilfredo Antwan Ashley Delvin Chauncey Kareem

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