Given name & surname

Dally

Dally is a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Dally isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Dally through the years

Babies since 1880
344
0 boys · 344 girls
Most popular year
2025
28 babies
2025
28
#4,794 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+21%
Rising
0510152020002025Highest share 202517
Dally in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1995–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

Where it’s given

Most at home inTexas
FewerMore, relative to births Not published
2025 births by state of birth. Tiles are equal-sized so small states stay visible. Highest rates: Texas (5).

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 28 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,794 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 21.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 432 as a first name in 2020; 1,590 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.

Dally’s family of names

In English usage, Dally as a surname has a related form in Daly.

Walk Dally’s family in the name graph

DallyDallieDaly

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Dally, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Ziraili

32RareRising fast

>99% girls

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Darleth

22RareRising fast

>99% girls

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Alini

11Very rare

>99% girls

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Adalet

“justice”

28RareRising fast

>99% girls

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Ahzari

14Very rare

>99% girls

Modern

Mayari

32RareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Francely

15Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

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Alanys

28RareRising

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Dally’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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