Dafina — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dafina

The Social Security Administration has registered 133 babies named Dafina between 1973 and 2020, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dafina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dafina performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dafina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Dafina in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dafina 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 133 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.