Given name & surname
Daily
“of the assembly”
Daily is a variant of Daly. One Irish interpretation is “of the assembly.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Daily is a variant of Daly. One Irish interpretation is “of the assembly.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Daily through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 344
- 73 boys · 271 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 18
- #6,376 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +46%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 18 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,376 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 649 as a first name in 2020; 10,555 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.
Daily’s family of names
Daily has a related form in Daly. Daily has a related form in Dailey.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Daily
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Daily, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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