Dafney — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dafney

The Social Security Administration has registered 90 babies named Dafney between 1972 and 2016, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dafney currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dafney performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dafney shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dafney in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dafney 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 90 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.