Daffney — girls' name

What the Data Says About Daffney

The Social Security Administration has registered 202 babies named Daffney between 1961 and 2007, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Daffney currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Daffney performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Daffney shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Daffney in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Daffney in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 202 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.