Daley

#8,991 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Irish surname transferred into given-name use

Daley has been given to 624 babies in the U.S. since 1984. In 2025 it ranked #8,991 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2002, with 24 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 76% girls, 24% boys all-time.

Babies named Daley, 2025

1 in 301,000

Daley over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Daley over time

In 2025, Daley went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19152025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Daley: meaning, origin, and history

Irish surname transferred into given-name use

Irish surname transfer

What Daley means

Daley is a given name.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Daley is used in English (Rare) and Dutch (Modern).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈdeɪ.li/ and /ˈdeː.li/ for Daley.

The naming story behind Daley

Daley is a given name adopted from Irish surname. This establishes the immediate naming route. A surname transfer is different from a direct translation of the modern given-name spelling; the family name may have its own earlier derivation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 472 girls were recorded with the name Daley between 1984 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 24 in 2002; its best national rank was #4,907 in 1996.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #10,459 in 2020 to #8,991 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,311 in 2015 to #8,991 in 2025.

In the United States, 152 boys were recorded with the name Daley between 1915 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2016; its best national rank was #3,015 in 1943.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Daley?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 301,000; 11 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 146,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #8,991; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 208,901 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Daley sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Daley. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Daleys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Daley was born before 2003 — so the typical Daley is around 22 today.

Median birth year: 2003; About 22 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 32.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 60.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 472; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 32.8% of all recorded uses (155).

Is Daley rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +6,826; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +1,468; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +1,320; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.10×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 45.8%; Peak was 2002 (24)
Years since peak: 23; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 33.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,907; 1996

Spellings of Daley

Daley is not the most common spelling — Sally is, with 11.7% against Daley's 0.03%.

Sally11.7%205,229
Hailey10.4%181,434
Haley9.1%159,511
Daisy9.1%158,723
Riley8.1%141,960
Bailey6.3%110,806
Casey4.5%78,100
Lacey3.1%53,774

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Daley is used

Across 1910–2025, Daley was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 767,557 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Daley has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Daley around the world

Where Daley ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
2003–2003
#739
in 2003

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Daley by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #8,991
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 1,468
Best rank ever: #4,907; 1996
Peak year: 2002; 24 that year
First recorded: 1984
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 472
Count in 2025: 11

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,015; 1943
Peak year: 2016; 12 that year
First recorded: 1915
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 152
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Daley

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Dalal Dalya Dally Dalina Dalton Dallie Dalyla Daleah Dalani Dalett Dallis Eiley Jaley Wiley Dalyn Raley Daliah Joley Elley Dalaya Daleth Coley Dalis Dalena

Sibling names for Daley

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Shakira Madisen Lesli Alysa Gabriel Sydnee Sydnie Reanna

For a brother

Aaden Jarod Zakary Garret Samual Keven Shamar Coty

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