Dafny — #14325 US girls' name
72 babies named Dafny in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 19% of names given to girls today.
60% of everyone ever named Dafny was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Dafny in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dafny
The Social Security Administration has registered 72 babies named Dafny between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dafny currently holds the #14325 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dafny performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Dafny shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dafny 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 72 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.
Dafny at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dafny popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2002
- Peak year (2006)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
Currently ranks #14325 among girls.
72 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 12 births in a single year.
Dafny by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 43 births that decade — 60% of Dafny's all-time total
Dafny decade highlights
- Peak decade 43 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Dafny's strongest decade
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2002–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.