girls:
455 births since 1984
#5261 (8th percentile)
boys:
144 births since 1915
#4442 (3rd percentile)
overall:
599 births since 1915
#7140 (8th percentile)
The name Daley is the #7,140 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 599 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 7.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,261 (7.9% percentile) for all time with 455 births since 1984. For boys, it ranks #4,442 (3.1% percentile) for all time with 144 births since 1915.
Daley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 1984 for girls). Birth data for Daley is available in 42 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (38 years for girls and 22 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 Daley has been given predominantly to girls, with 76.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 58.3% of babies named Daley were girls. Interestingly, until around 1989, the name was more popular for boys (64.2% boys from 1915 to 1988), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (81.0% girls from 1989 to 2023).
For girls, Daley reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #875) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Daley ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 32.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Daley reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #914) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1915, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Daley ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 40.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Daley".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Daley. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.3% confident that Daley is pronounced as DAY-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is duh-LEE, at 15.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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