NameTides

Dafne

Dafne was the #1,047 girls' name in the US in 2025 (237 babies), and #2,788 in England & Wales.

Dafne as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Dafne as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Dafne as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,047 (237)#2,788 (9)—
2024#873 (309)#4,844 (4)#2,259 (9)
2023#1,018 (248)#3,599 (6)—
2022#1,415 (160)#3,149 (7)—
2021#1,871 (106)#3,961 (5)—
2020#2,257 (79)#5,493 (3)—
2019#2,217 (83)——
2018#1,978 (99)——
2017#2,007 (98)——
2016#2,093 (93)——
2015#2,088 (93)#5,730 (3)#3,286 (5)
2014#1,459 (154)——
2013#2,122 (89)——
2012#2,205 (85)#4,838 (4)#2,921 (6)
2011#2,190 (86)—#2,899 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #873.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1988.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 6,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 28,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Dafne is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,400 to 1 in 6,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dafne by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,014ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,165NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #447NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #965CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: #600MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #645TNNorth Carolina: #1,057NCSouth Carolina: #519SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #917TXFlorida: #825FL
Dafne (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DafneCanadaGirls—too few
DafneEngland & WalesGirls#2,7889
DafneNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DafneUSGirls#1,047237