Daly
Girl · DAY-lee · Irish
Daly is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “frequenter of assemblies”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Daly mean?
Irish: surname, from Ó Dálaigh
“frequenter of assemblies”
From the Irish surname Ó Dálaigh, borne by a celebrated family of hereditary poets.
- Say it
- DAY-lee
Is Daly a girl's or a boy's name?
Daly is a girls' name.
How popular is Daly in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Daly in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Daly in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
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