Girls' name · since 1997
Dailee
Dailee has 204 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,590 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,608 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 204
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Dailee is the #8608 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 204 recorded since 1997.
Social Security Administration records show Dailee recorded 204 times among girls since 1997, holding rank #8608 nationally today, ahead of 50% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #19,590 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,608 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 204 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dailee ranks #19,590 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,608 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 204 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,590 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,608 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 204
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Dailee's 204 recorded births place it above 72.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Dailee compares
204 37th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Dailee's all-time total is 46% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dailee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 204 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dailee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dailee's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dailee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Currently ranks #8608 among girls.
204 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 15 births in a single year.
Dailee by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (88 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Dailee's strongest decade.
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Dailee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
- 2000s
2000s
39 births
- 2010s
2010s
88 births
- 2020s
2020s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 88 births (43% of all-time use).
Dailee decade highlights
- Peak decade 88 births
- Runner-up 57 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Dailee's data
- Dailee's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (88 total births) through the 2020s (57) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dailee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1997–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dailee draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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