Daley

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A few things about Daley you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Daley

Daley Blind

Dutch association football player (born 1990)

Choose Daley and your child shares a first name with Daley Blind, a Dutch association football player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Daley, like who?” Daley Blind's Wikipedia article is available in 59 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Станислав Ведмидь, CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 147,059 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Daley, 11 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Daley would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryDaley first shows up in US birth records in 1915, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 110 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 1996, when it reached #4,883.
• 🚀TrendDaley has climbed 1,390 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #8,860. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 💬MeaningIn Irish, Daley means “assembly”. Our records link it to English and Irish roots.

About the name Daley

Daley is a girl name of English and Irish origin meaning “assembly”. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, starting with D and ending in “-ley”. US birth records list Daley for girls from 1984 to 2025, in 40 of those 42 years. Its best year was 1996, when it ranked #4,883 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #8,860, with 11 babies.

Origin:English namesIrish names