Girls' name · since 1984
Daysy
Daysy has 271 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,806 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 271
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Daysy sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 271 recorded since 1984.
Daysy has 271 recorded births among girls since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2011.
- #16,806 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 271 born since 1984
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daysy ranks #16,806 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 271 born since 1984, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,806 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 271
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Daysy's 271 recorded births place it above 76.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Daysy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Daysy splits its recorded history at 1999: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Daysy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2011
- Peak year (1996)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Daysy by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (132 births, 49% of the file).
1990s was Daysy's strongest decade.
132 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Daysy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
- 1990s
1990s
132 births
- 2000s
2000s
107 births
- 2010s 14
2010s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 132 births (49% of all-time use).
Daysy by state
Where Daysy concentrates geographically, total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 69 | 25.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.8% |
69 of 271 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Daysy's decade-level peak was the 1990s (132 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Daysys (69 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Daysy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1984–2011 (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 Daysy 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.