Daisy
Daisy was given to 3,206 girls in 2025, #75 among girls’ names; 159,355 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 100,000 Americans named Daisy and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (63% of everyone recorded); the median is 24 years old and half are between 12 and 36.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Daisy by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Daisy mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Daisy is “a female given name from English.”
From the flower daisy, one of the flower names dating from the 19th century. Also a nickname for Margaret, since Marguerite and Margarita are identical with the French and Spanish word for “daisy”.
/ˈdeɪzi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Daisy?
#75 among girls’ names, 2025
Daisy rose from #183 in 2015 to #75 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 1.0 to 2.0 per 1,000.
3,206 babies in 2025, the peak
Daisy peaked in 2025, when 3,206 girls were given it, #75 among girls’ names. In 2024 it went to 3,102 girls.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,206 | #75 | 2.0 |
| 2024 | 3,102 | #76 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 2,426 | #110 | 1.5 |
| 2022 | 2,325 | #124 | 1.4 |
| 2021 | 2,087 | #134 | 1.3 |
| 2020 | 1,896 | #143 | 1.2 |
| 2019 | 1,742 | #164 | 1.0 |
| 2018 | 1,718 | #169 | 1.0 |
| 2017 | 1,796 | #170 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | 1,732 | #189 | 1.0 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,772 | #183 | 1.0 |
| 2014 | 1,791 | #180 | 1.0 |
| 2013 | 1,633 | #198 | 0.93 |
| 2012 | 1,784 | #174 | 1.0 |
| 2011 | 1,896 | #167 | 1.1 |
| 2010 | 2,020 | #151 | 1.1 |
| 2009 | 2,074 | #153 | 1.1 |
| 2008 | 2,075 | #161 | 1.1 |
| 2007 | 2,159 | #167 | 1.1 |
| 2006 | 2,300 | #149 | 1.2 |
| 2005 | 2,323 | #150 | 1.3 |
| 2004 | 2,271 | #144 | 1.2 |
| 2003 | 2,410 | #136 | 1.3 |
| 2002 | 2,456 | #138 | 1.4 |
| 2001 | 2,371 | #139 | 1.3 |
| 2000 | 2,368 | #141 | 1.3 |
| 1999 | 2,470 | #133 | 1.4 |
| 1998 | 2,449 | #136 | 1.4 |
| 1997 | 2,303 | #140 | 1.3 |
| 1996 | 2,514 | #124 | 1.4 |
| 1995 | 2,224 | #145 | 1.3 |
| 1994 | 1,668 | #177 | 0.93 |
| 1993 | 1,579 | #185 | 0.87 |
| 1992 | 1,654 | #187 | 0.90 |
| 1991 | 1,609 | #186 | 0.86 |
| 1990 | 1,521 | #193 | 0.80 |
| 1989 | 1,256 | #218 | 0.68 |
| 1988 | 1,166 | #225 | 0.65 |
| 1987 | 774 | #312 | 0.45 |
| 1986 | 801 | #305 | 0.47 |
| 1985 | 958 | #261 | 0.56 |
| 1984 | 1,145 | #225 | 0.68 |
| 1983 | 1,175 | #214 | 0.70 |
| 1982 | 633 | #366 | 0.37 |
| 1981 | 723 | #328 | 0.43 |
| 1980 | 528 | #418 | 0.32 |
| 1979 | 371 | #519 | 0.23 |
| 1978 | 282 | #606 | 0.18 |
| 1977 | 316 | #555 | 0.21 |
| 1976 | 320 | #544 | 0.22 |
| 1975 | 328 | #529 | 0.22 |
| 1974 | 314 | #533 | 0.21 |
| 1973 | 293 | #561 | 0.20 |
| 1972 | 247 | #628 | 0.16 |
| 1971 | 303 | #577 | 0.18 |
| 1970 | 309 | #576 | 0.18 |
| 1969 | 298 | #569 | 0.18 |
| 1968 | 268 | #585 | 0.16 |
| 1967 | 281 | #565 | 0.17 |
| 1966 | 317 | #529 | 0.19 |
| 1965 | 337 | #520 | 0.19 |
| 1964 | 374 | #508 | 0.20 |
| 1963 | 390 | #492 | 0.20 |
| 1962 | 395 | #488 | 0.20 |
| 1961 | 413 | #478 | 0.20 |
| 1960 | 465 | #453 | 0.23 |
| 1959 | 460 | #449 | 0.23 |
| 1958 | 531 | #400 | 0.26 |
| 1957 | 493 | #420 | 0.24 |
| 1956 | 493 | #406 | 0.25 |
| 1955 | 497 | #393 | 0.25 |
| 1954 | 500 | #384 | 0.26 |
| 1953 | 550 | #361 | 0.29 |
| 1952 | 502 | #368 | 0.27 |
| 1951 | 540 | #342 | 0.30 |
| 1950 | 533 | #336 | 0.31 |
| 1949 | 580 | #321 | 0.34 |
| 1948 | 646 | #302 | 0.38 |
| 1947 | 678 | #304 | 0.38 |
| 1946 | 579 | #307 | 0.37 |
| 1945 | 636 | #271 | 0.49 |
| 1944 | 741 | #242 | 0.56 |
| 1943 | 760 | #255 | 0.54 |
| 1942 | 799 | #240 | 0.59 |
| 1941 | 741 | #233 | 0.61 |
| 1940 | 774 | #218 | 0.68 |
| 1939 | 822 | #210 | 0.75 |
| 1938 | 786 | #216 | 0.71 |
| 1937 | 812 | #204 | 0.76 |
| 1936 | 777 | #212 | 0.75 |
| 1935 | 903 | #194 | 0.86 |
| 1934 | 939 | #187 | 0.90 |
| 1933 | 873 | #197 | 0.87 |
| 1932 | 1,078 | #176 | 1.0 |
| 1931 | 1,009 | #178 | 0.95 |
| 1930 | 1,064 | #181 | 0.94 |
| 1929 | 1,080 | #182 | 1.0 |
| 1928 | 1,245 | #169 | 1.1 |
| 1927 | 1,242 | #172 | 1.0 |
| 1926 | 1,288 | #171 | 1.1 |
| 1925 | 1,400 | #169 | 1.2 |
| 1924 | 1,460 | #166 | 1.2 |
| 1923 | 1,443 | #163 | 1.2 |
| 1922 | 1,530 | #157 | 1.3 |
| 1921 | 1,481 | #160 | 1.2 |
| 1920 | 1,489 | #155 | 1.2 |
| 1919 | 1,496 | #148 | 1.3 |
| 1918 | 1,525 | #149 | 1.3 |
| 1917 | 1,417 | #150 | 1.3 |
| 1916 | 1,511 | #137 | 1.4 |
| 1915 | 1,518 | #131 | 1.5 |
| 1914 | 1,202 | #126 | 1.6 |
| 1913 | 1,052 | #123 | 1.7 |
| 1912 | 1,044 | #112 | 1.9 |
| 1911 | 833 | #108 | 2.0 |
| 1910 | 877 | #101 | 2.2 |
| 1909 | 754 | #102 | 2.2 |
| 1908 | 765 | #99 | 2.3 |
| 1907 | 739 | #98 | 2.3 |
| 1906 | 773 | #90 | 2.6 |
| 1905 | 776 | #87 | 2.7 |
| 1904 | 772 | #85 | 2.8 |
| 1903 | 776 | #82 | 3.0 |
| 1902 | 748 | #85 | 2.8 |
| 1901 | 653 | #87 | 2.7 |
| 1900 | 931 | #81 | 3.1 |
| 1899 | 660 | #85 | 2.8 |
| 1898 | 712 | #84 | 2.8 |
| 1897 | 624 | #86 | 2.7 |
| 1896 | 661 | #83 | 2.8 |
| 1895 | 665 | #84 | 2.8 |
| 1894 | 645 | #81 | 2.9 |
| 1893 | 573 | #84 | 2.7 |
| 1892 | 564 | #85 | 2.7 |
| 1891 | 557 | #79 | 3.0 |
| 1890 | 588 | #76 | 3.1 |
| 1889 | 583 | #73 | 3.3 |
| 1888 | 612 | #73 | 3.4 |
| 1887 | 532 | #67 | 3.6 |
| 1886 | 602 | #63 | 4.2 |
| 1885 | 607 | #60 | 4.6 |
| 1884 | 685 | #54 | 5.3 |
| 1883 | 659 | #50 | 5.9 |
| 1882 | 648 | #48 | 6.0 |
| 1881 | 562 | #49 | 6.1 |
| 1880 | 564 | #48 | 6.2 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Daisy a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Daisy has been given almost only to girls: 632 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Daisy: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Daisy, and how old are they?
100,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 63% of the 159,355 Americans ever recorded as Daisy. The median Daisy alive today is 24 years old; half are between 12 and 36.
The 2020 Census counted 90,387 people named Daisy (90,191 women and girls, 196 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 90,317 born in the U.S. The Census count matches that prediction to within 1%.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 4,270 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 7,350 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 4,760 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 21,100 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 35,400 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 27,100 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Daisy born?
The states with the most babies named Daisy are California, Texas and Florida, with 25% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 337 | #87 | 2.0× |
| Texas | 302 | #90 | 1.3× |
| Florida | 146 | #120 | 0.9× |
| New York | 141 | #107 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 141 | #56 | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 112 | #54 | 0.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 108 | #84 | 0.4× |
| Washington | 104 | #48 | 0.8× |
| Tennessee | 103 | #55 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 102 | #101 | 1.3× |
Where Daisy is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Daisy is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 2.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Daisy with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 165,707 babies since 1880, Daisy is the most given (96% of them). In 2025 it was given to 3,206 of their 3,288 babies (98%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Daisy
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Daisy and names like it
- Compare Daisy and DaiseyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sDaisy peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Daisy since 1910.
- English namesWiktionary’s origin for Daisy: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Daisy.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Daisy alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with DMost given first.