girls:
301 births since 1988
#5415 (5th percentile)
boys:
48 births since 1993
#4538 (1st percentile)
overall:
349 births since 1988
#7390 (4th percentile)
The name Daly is the #7,390 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 349 recorded births since 1988. This represents the 4.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,415 (5.2% percentile) for all time with 301 births since 1988. For boys, it ranks #4,538 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 48 births since 1993.
Daly first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1988 (1988 for girls and 1993 for boys). Birth data for Daly is available in 32 out of the 36 years between 1988 and 2023 (31 years for girls and 9 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 Daly has been given predominantly to girls, with 86.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Daly were girls.
For girls, Daly reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #878) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Daly ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 59.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Daly reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #873) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Daly".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Daly. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.9% confident that Daly is pronounced as DAY-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAH-lee, at 23.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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