Girls' name · since 1975
Daffany
41 babies named Daffany in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #37,197 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 41
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Daffany is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 41 have been recorded since 1975.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daffany has been recorded 41 times among girls since 1975, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1987.
- #37,197 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 41 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daffany ranks #37,197 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 41 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #37,197 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 41
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Daffany's 41 recorded births place it above 48.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Daffany's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Daffany's SSA record in two at 1982 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1981, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1976 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Daffany popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1987
- Peak year (1976)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Daffany by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (28 births, 68% of the file).
1980s was Daffany's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Daffany births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
13 births
- 1980s
1980s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 28 births (68% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Two nationwide peer axes for Daffany: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~12 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–1987 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Daffany draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.