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How popular is the name Dafne?
Births per year, rank history and how many Dafnes are alive today.
Dafne (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Daphne in England and Wales, ranked 2788th in 2025 and given to 9 babies. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
Across all spellings of the name, the Daphne you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old - or else around 87: the name has two living generations. Half of all Daphnes born in England and Wales are between 48 and 83, and there are at least 15,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 4.7% chance that at least one of them will be called Daphne.
How many babies are named Dafne each year?
Includes all spellings: Dafne, Daphne. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Dafne spelling rank?
Where does the Daphne spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Dafne most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Daphne, peaked in 1934, when around 640 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Dafne spelling itself peaked in 2025, with 9 babies.
How many people are called Dafne?
At least 15,000 people named Dafne in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Dafne?
Most living Dafnes are between 48 and 83; the most common age is about 2. There is a second cluster around 87.
Is Dafne becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.