Dailyn — #2471 US unisex name
1,809 babies named Dailyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 86% of names given to girls today.
38% of everyone ever named Dailyn was born in this single decade.
208 babies were named Dailyn in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dailyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,809 babies named Dailyn between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dailyn currently holds the #2471 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 208 babies received it in a single year. Dailyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 398 additional births since 1997.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dailyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 690 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Dailyn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 238 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Dailyn in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dailyn 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 1,809 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.
Dailyn at a glance
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Current rank
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Dailyn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1975
- Peak year (2020)
- 208
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
Currently ranks #2471 among girls.
1,809 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 208 births in a single year.
Dailyn popularity over time — boys
398 total births recorded since 1997 (Dailyn as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Dailyn accounts for 18% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dailyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 690 births that decade — 38% of Dailyn's all-time total
Dailyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 690 births
- Runner-up 613 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Dailyn's strongest decade
690 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Dailyn by state
Where Dailyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 238 | 13.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 218 | 12.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 87 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 51 | 2.8% |
| #5 | New York | | 50 | 2.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 40 | 2.2% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 29 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Maryland | | 23 | 1.3% |
238 of 1,809 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.2% of nationwide
- Texas 12.1% of nationwide
- Florida 4.8% of nationwide
- Georgia 2.8% of nationwide
- New York 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 18 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Dailyn appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1975–2024 (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.