How Many People Are Named Daly?
An estimated 350 people in the United States have the first name Daly. It is used for both genders, with 86.5% female. The average bearer is 20 years old, and Daly peaked in popularity in 2002 with 21 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Daly as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Daly paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
350
About 1 in 979,298 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
86.5% confidence
Average Age
20
years old
Peak Year
2002
21 births
Total Registered
356
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Daly
Daly is predominantly female (86.5%), though 48 male births have been registered. It functions as a unisex name for a small percentage of bearers.
Daly as a male name
Ranked #12,738 in 2022
5 male births in 2022
Peak: 2006 (7 births)
Daly as a female name
Ranked #12,425 in 2024
7 female births in 2024
Peak: 2002 (21 births)
Daly: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Daly span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 111 babies were registered. While Daly is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Daly by Decade
How has Daly tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Daly + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Daly as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Daly
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
Daly: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Daly?
We estimate approximately 350 people named Daly are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 979,298 Americans share this first name.
Is Daly a common name?
Daly is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 80.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 356 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Daly most popular?
Daly reached peak popularity in 2002, when 21 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Daly is approximately 20 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Daly a female name?
Daly is predominantly female. 86.5% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Daly Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Daly Smith, Daly Johnson, Daly Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 0 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau estimate. Full methodology.
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