Unisex name · since 1988
Daly
308 babies named Daly in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,673 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 308
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Daly is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 308 have been recorded since 1988.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daly has been recorded 308 times among girls since 1988, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2024.
- #15,673 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 308 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daly ranks #15,673 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 308 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #15,673 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 308
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Daly's 308 recorded births place it above 78.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Daly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Daly's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Daly popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2024
- Peak year (2002)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Daly popularity over time - boys
48 total births recorded since 1993 (Daly as boys' name)
Daly by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (99 births, 32% of the file).
1990s was Daly's strongest decade.
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Daly births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
99 births
- 2000s
2000s
98 births
- 2010s
2010s
62 births
- 2020s
2020s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 99 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Daly's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (99 total births) through the 2020s (42) -- 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 Daly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1988–2024 (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 Daly 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.