Given name & surname
Daly
“of the assembly”
Daly is used as a given name and a surname. One Irish interpretation is “of the assembly.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Irish interpretation is “of the assembly.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
How it developed
In English use, Daly is used as a spelling variant of Daley.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Daly through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 356
- 48 boys · 308 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +52%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 21 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 718 as a first name in 2020; 30,517 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.
Daly’s family of names
Daly has a related form in Daily. Daly has a related form in Dali. Daly has an alternative spelling in Daley.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Dallyvariant · English
- Dailyvariant
- Daileyvariant · English
- Daleyvariant · French, English
- Dalivariant
- Daleighvariant
- Daleevariant
- Dawleyvariant
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