girls:
257 births since 1994
#5459 (4th percentile)
boys:
102 births since 1903
#4484 (2nd percentile)
overall:
359 births since 1903
#7380 (5th percentile)
The name Dailey is the #7,380 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 359 recorded births since 1903. This represents the 4.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,459 (4.5% percentile) for all time with 257 births since 1994. For boys, it ranks #4,484 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 102 births since 1903.
Dailey first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1903 (1903 for boys and 1994 for girls). Birth data for Dailey is available in 43 out of the 121 years between 1903 and 2023 (27 years for girls and 18 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Dailey has been given predominantly to girls, with 71.6% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Dailey were girls. Interestingly, until around 1994, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1903 to 1993), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (94.5% girls from 1994 to 2023).
For girls, Dailey reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #929) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Dailey ranks #937 for girls (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 94.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Dailey reached its peak popularity in 1933, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #519) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1903, with 39 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2016.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dailey".
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