How Many People Are Named Persephone Brown?

There are approximately 21 people named Persephone Brown living in the United States today. That makes this name combination rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 16,321,635 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Persephone with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Brown. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.

Estimated People with This Name

1 in 16,321,635 Americans

Combination Rarity

Rare

Very Rare Very Common

First Name

Persephone

Last Name

Brown

Est. Bearers 1,589,457

Census Rank #4

Per 100K 463.73

Rarity Very Common

Persephone: Popularity Over Time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Persephone. The peak year was 2022 with 428 births. The average person named Persephone today is 11 years old.

Ancestry of the First Name Persephone

These percentages describe the people who had the first name Persephone in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.

Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Persephone rose or fell over time.

White

57.45%

Black

7.21%

Hispanic

19.88%

Asian/Pacific Islander

2.19%

American Indian/Alaska Native

1.58%

Two or More Races

11.70%

Ancestry of the Brown Surname

The surname Brown was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.

This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Brown in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.

White

55.43%

Black

34.68%

Hispanic

3.55%

Asian/Pacific Islander

0.66%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.85%

Two or More Races

4.83%

How we calculated this

The first name "Persephone" has an estimated frequency of < 0.0001% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.

The surname "Brown" appears at a rate of 463.73 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.

We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Persephone are likely to be alive now.

Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 21 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.

Other people named Persephone

Persephone Smith Persephone Johnson Persephone Williams Persephone Jones Persephone Garcia

Other people with the surname Brown

Michael Brown James Brown John Brown David Brown Robert Brown William Brown Christopher Brown Joseph Brown

Persephone Brown: Questions and Answers

How many people are named Persephone Brown?

We estimate approximately 21 people named Persephone Brown are alive in the United States today. The first name Persephone is shared by 4,528 Americans, and the surname Brown is shared by 1,589,457.

How rare is the name Persephone Brown?

This name combination is classified as Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 16,321,635 Americans. The first name Persephone is rare and the surname Brown is very common.

Is Persephone a male or female name?

Persephone is predominantly female, with 0.0% of bearers being male and 100.0% female. It peaked in popularity in 2022 and the average bearer today is 11 years old.

What does the Census say about the first name Persephone?

In the 2020 Census, the first name Persephone was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (57.45%). The next largest recorded groups were Hispanic (19.88%) and Two or More Races (11.70%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.

Where does this data come from?

First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.

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