Dailey — #9188 US unisex name
269 babies named Dailey in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 48% of names given to girls today.
37% of everyone ever named Dailey was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Dailey in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dailey
The Social Security Administration has registered 269 babies named Dailey between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dailey currently holds the #9188 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Dailey is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 102 additional births since 1903.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dailey performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dailey shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dailey in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 269 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dailey at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dailey popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1994
- Peak year (2020)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
Currently ranks #9188 among girls.
269 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 16 births in a single year.
Dailey popularity over time — boys
102 total births recorded since 1903 (Dailey as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Dailey accounts for 27% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dailey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 100 births that decade — 37% of Dailey's all-time total
Dailey decade highlights
- Peak decade 100 births
- Runner-up 85 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Dailey's strongest decade
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.