Daley
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DAY-lee
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Daley is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “assembly”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Daley mean?
Irish: from the surname Ó Dálaigh
“assembly”
From the Irish surname Ó Dálaigh, linked to dál 'assembly', the word behind the Irish parliament's name, the Dáil.
Is Daley a girl's or a boy's name?
Daley is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Daley in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 27 boys.
Half of all the boys named Daley in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Daley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 22 | #1,309 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 27 | #1,106 |
| 2013 | 27 | #1,088 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,622 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Daley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Daley, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the girls named Daley in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 69 girls in the US were given Daley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,172, up from #8,858 for this spelling alone.
Daley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
Names like Daley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finley, Riley, Aiden, Finn, Darragh, Brody, Oakley, Kian, Oscar, Rowan, Marley, Declan
Other spellings of Daley
Names related to Daley
More Irish names
Rory, Maeve, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Casey, Kennedy, Callan, Lennon, Cillian, Kevin
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, “Daley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/daley, updated 20 October 2026.