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Daisy

Gender
Girl
Say it
DAY-zee
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#19 for girls
US rank, 2025
#75 for girls
Style
Vintage revival, classic

Daisy is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “day's eye”. In 2025 it ranked 19th for girls in the UK (1,621 babies) and 75th for girls in the US (3,206 babies).

What does Daisy mean?

English: English flower name, from Old English daeges eage

“day's eye”

The daisy opens its petals at dawn, hence day's eye; Daisy was also a traditional pet name for Margaret.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Daisy a girl's or a boy's name?

Daisy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 1,621 girls in the UK and 3,206 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Daisy in the UK?

Rank in 2025
19th among girls
Babies in 2025
1,621 about 1 in 170 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 4% in five years
Same name in a class
7.8% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,621 girls in the UK were named Daisy, making it the 19th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 25th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 2,972 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Daisy than any year since 2002.

Half of all the girls named Daisy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 18th in England and Wales, 26th in Scotland and 44th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#47), 1914 (#54), 1924 (#88), 1994 (#85), 2004 (#32), 2014 (#24) and 2024 (#18).

1996Busiest: 2,972 in 20102025
Daisy in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,621#19
20241,721#17
20231,743#18
20221,739#24
20212,045#17
20201,721#25
20191,686#30
20181,914#28
20172,196#19
20162,168#21
20152,270#20
20142,098#25
20132,327#22
20122,363#23
20112,623#22
20102,972#16
20092,604#18
20082,239#28
20072,111#29
20062,087#28
20051,970#30
20041,699#33
20031,623#34
20021,203#46
20011,109#51
20001,045#54
1999828#75
1998860#70
1997874#74
1996849#75

How popular is Daisy in the US?

Rank in 2025
75th among girls
Babies in 2025
3,206 about 1 in 500 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 63% in five years
Same name in a class
2.8% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3,206 girls in the US were named Daisy, making it the 75th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 143rd.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had the most girls named Daisy of any year since the records began in 1880.

Half of all the girls named Daisy in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 3,206 in 20252025
Daisy in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253,206#75
20243,102#76
20232,426#110
20222,325#124
20212,087#134
20201,896#143
20191,742#164
20181,718#169
20171,796#170
20161,732#189
20151,772#183
20141,791#180
20131,633#198
20121,784#174
20111,896#167
20102,020#151
20092,074#153
20082,075#161
20072,159#167
20062,300#149
20052,323#150
20042,271#144
20032,410#136
20022,456#138
20012,371#139
20002,368#141
19992,470#133
19982,449#136
19972,303#140
19962,514#124
19952,224#145
19941,668#177
19931,579#185
19921,654#187
19911,609#185
19901,521#193
19891,256#218
19881,166#225
1987774#312
1986801#305
1985958#261
19841,145#225
19831,175#214
1982633#366
1981723#328
1980528#418
1979371#519
1978282#606
1977316#554
1976320#544
1975328#529
1974314#533
1973293#561
1972247#628
1971303#577
1970309#575
1969298#569
1968268#585
1967281#565
1966317#529
1965337#520
1964374#507
1963390#492
1962395#488
1961413#478
1960465#453
1959460#449
1958531#400
1957493#420
1956493#406
1955497#393
1954500#384
1953550#361
1952502#368
1951540#342
1950533#336
1949580#321
1948646#302
1947678#304
1946579#307
1945636#271
1944741#242
1943760#255
1942799#240
1941741#233
1940774#218
1939822#210
1938786#216
1937812#204
1936777#212
1935903#194
1934939#187
1933873#197
19321,078#176
19311,009#178
19301,064#181
19291,080#182
19281,245#169
19271,242#172
19261,288#171
19251,400#169
19241,460#166
19231,443#163
19221,530#157
19211,481#160
19201,489#155
19191,496#148
19181,525#149
19171,417#150
19161,511#137
19151,518#131
19141,202#126
19131,052#123
19121,044#112
1911833#108
1910877#101
1909754#102
1908765#99
1907739#98
1906773#90
1905776#87
1904772#85
1903776#82
1902748#85
1901653#87
1900931#81
1899660#85
1898712#84
1897624#86
1896661#83
1895665#84
1894645#81
1893573#84
1892564#85
1891557#79
1890588#76
1889583#73
1888612#73
1887532#67
1886602#63
1885607#60
1884685#54
1883659#50
1882648#48
1881562#49
1880564#48

Names like Daisy

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Ruby, Lily, Ivy, Grace, Evie, Hallie, Phoebe, Evelyn, Millie, Elsie, Ella, Violet

Other spellings of Daisy

Daisie, Daisey, Daizy, Daisee, Daizee

Names related to Daisy

Daisi, Daisha, Deisy

More English names

Hudson, Harper, Willow, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, River, Ellie, Frankie, Grayson, Jackson

Every English name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Daisy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/daisy, updated 20 October 2026.