Given name & surname
Dailey
“of the assembly”
Dailey is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “of the assembly.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “of the assembly.”
Where it comes from
Dailey is a form of Daly. Daly comes from Irish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1903. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dailey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 385
- 101 boys · 284 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,216 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −18%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,216 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 425 as a first name in 2020; 31,350 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dailey’s family of names
Dailey has a related form in Daily. Dailey has a related form in Daly. Dailey has a related form in Daly.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 27
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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