Recorded 1988–2025 · United States
Dafne was most popular in 2024, when 309 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,674 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,982, with 237 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,523 people named Dafne.
Dafne first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1988, which makes it about 37 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 38 of the 38 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,523 American births named Dafne between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,494 are estimated to be alive today.
237 American babies were named Dafne in 2025, ranking #1,982 that year.
Dafne is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 212 births a year, against 101 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +109% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Dafne is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,523 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 3,494 Americans named Dafne are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 12 years old, and half are between 4 and 21.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org