Dafne

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⭐ Famous Dafne

Dafne Keen

Spanish-British actress (born 2005)

Choose Dafne and your child shares a first name with Dafne Keen, a Spanish-British actress. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Dafne, like who?” Dafne Keen's Wikipedia article is available in 43 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 6,780 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Dafne, 237 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Dafne would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryDafne first shows up in US birth records in 1988, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 37 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2024, when it reached #873.
• 📈Then vs nowDafne is 4.6× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 31,348 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 6,780.
• 🚀TrendDafne has climbed 1,210 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #1,047. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedDafne is most popular in New Jersey, where it ranks #447, followed by South Carolina (#519) and Maryland (#600). It's in the top 1,000 in 11 states.
• 💬MeaningDafne is a Spanish form of Daphne, which means “laurel”.

About the name Dafne

Dafne is a girl name of American origin meaning “laurel”. It has 5 letters and 1 syllable, starting with D and ending in “-fne”. US birth records list Dafne for girls from 1988 to 2025, in 38 of those 38 years. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked #873 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #1,047, with 237 babies.

Origin:American names