Defne

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Defne: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Defne: Recorded since 2003, its highest recorded position is #856, and it stood at #1,198 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#856highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2003–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#3594
2004	#4598
2006	#2781
2008	#3860
2009	#2326
2010	#4688
2011	#4049
2012	#2717
2013	#3536
2014	#4003
2015	#2945
2016	#1571
2017	#1817
2018	#1788
2019	#1782
2020	#1556
2021	#2711
2022	#1556
2023	#1410
2024	#1198

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 20 of the 22 years from 2003 to 2024.

In 2023: #856 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1410 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2003–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #3594 among girls in England and Wales in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1198 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Defne by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Defne in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	29	5 of 10	6
2010s	105	10 of 10	11
2020sbusiest	97	5 of 10	19

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 19 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Defne appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #856 in Republic of Ireland in 2023.

Defne's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1198	28	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1410	22	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1782	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1788	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1817	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1571	20	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2003 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #856, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2023, and 20 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Adara · #856, 23y
Aryanna · #856, 18y
Asra · #856, 25y
Bruna · #856, 23y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Aryanna · #856, 18y
Bruna · #856, 23y
Izzi · #856, 11y
Jianna · #856, 11y

Defne was ranked #856 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2023. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Defne and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Defne without appearing here.

Defne moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2945 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1571 and #5785.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3536 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1788 and #5666.
Denise Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2945 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1571 and #4763.
Tracy Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2945 and #2496 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1571 and #4763.

Moved ahead of Defne

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1556 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #1286.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2326 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4049 and #2893.
Harper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3594 and #4373 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #3725.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1817 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1788 and #1436.

Moved the opposite way to Defne

Abigail Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Defne went from #3594 to #1198 while Abigail went from #20 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Defne went from #3594 to #1198 while Aimee went from #51 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Defne went from #3594 to #1198 while Aisling went from #637 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Defne went from #3594 to #1198 while Alex went from #230 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Defne

Ada Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Defne went from #3594 to #1198 and Ada from #1628 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Defne went from #3594 to #1198 and Alma from #2727 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Defne went from #3594 to #1198 and Amelia from #21 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Defne went from #3594 to #1198 and Aria from #1472 to #35.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #856 in Republic of Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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