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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Defne

Defne was the 4285th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 33 babies. Its best year was 2017, when it ranked 3163rd with 51 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 604 places. More babies were named Defne in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#4,285 girls, up 640 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
33girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
201751 babies
Total since 1880
659babies recorded

Defne popularity since 1880

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Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#4,28533
2020#4,92526
2010#6,23621
2000#8,71411
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How popular is Defne, counting every spelling?

Defne has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Defne?

33 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Defne (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Defne born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 253 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Defne.

Chance of another Defne in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inTexasunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Defne?

About 700 people born in the US named Defne are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 6 and 17. That makes Defne a young name: most people with it are children.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Defne by state

How common Defne was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesTX0.02Florida: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesFL0.01
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Defne, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Defne: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Defne, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Defne

How popular is the name Defne?

Defne was the 4285th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 33 babies. Its best year was 2017, when it ranked 3163rd with 51 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 604 places. More babies were named Defne in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Defne a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Defne in the US.

Where is Defne most popular?

In 2021–2025, Defne was most common in Texas (0.02 per 1,000 girls), followed by Florida and California.