Dafne
Girl · DAHF-nay · Greek
Dafne is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “laurel”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 1,047th for girls in the US (237 babies).
What does Dafne mean?
Greek: Spanish and Italian form of Daphne
“laurel”
Spanish and Italian form of Daphne, the nymph of Greek myth who became a laurel tree to escape Apollo.
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- DAHF-nay
Is Dafne a girl's or a boy's name?
Dafne is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 237 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dafne in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 533% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Dafne, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th.
2025 had the most girls named Dafne of any year since it first appeared, in 2012.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Dafne in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
How popular is Dafne in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,047among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 237about 1 in 6,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 204% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 237 girls in the US were named Dafne, making it the 1,047th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,257th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 309 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Dafne in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dafne in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 237 | #1,047 |
| 2024 | 309 | #873 |
| 2023 | 248 | #1,018 |
| 2022 | 160 | #1,415 |
| 2021 | 106 | #1,871 |
| 2020 | 79 | #2,257 |
| 2019 | 83 | #2,217 |
| 2018 | 99 | #1,978 |
| 2017 | 98 | #2,007 |
| 2016 | 93 | #2,093 |
| 2015 | 93 | #2,088 |
| 2014 | 154 | #1,459 |
| 2013 | 89 | #2,122 |
| 2012 | 85 | #2,205 |
| 2011 | 86 | #2,190 |
| 2010 | 106 | #1,897 |
| 2009 | 107 | #1,947 |
| 2008 | 125 | #1,762 |
| 2007 | 124 | #1,744 |
| 2006 | 107 | #1,894 |
| 2005 | 114 | #1,730 |
| 2004 | 120 | #1,613 |
| 2003 | 105 | #1,785 |
| 2002 | 117 | #1,583 |
| 2001 | 224 | #966 |
| 2000 | 58 | #2,565 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
Names like Dafne
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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