Daisy

#75 for girls in 2025, 3,206 births · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1882 · 648 births
Debut · girls
564 births
In top 100 · girls
31 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
158,723
since 1880

Daisy over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #48, 1882girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#753,206
2024#763,102
2023#1102,426
2022#1242,325#10,8636
2021#1342,087
2020#1431,896
2019#1641,742
2018#1691,718
2017#1701,796
2016#1891,732
2015#1831,772
2014#1801,791
2013#1981,633
2012#1741,784
2011#1671,896
2010#1512,020#10,7666
2009#1532,074
2008#1612,075#12,5535
2007#1672,159
2006#1492,300
2005#1502,323
2004#1442,271#8,1438
2003#1362,410#7,8318
2002#1382,456#7,6438
2001#1392,371#7,5368
2000#1412,368#6,8399
1999#1332,470
1998#1362,449
1997#1402,303#8,1106
1996#1242,514#4,61313
1995#1452,224#6,9927
1994#1771,668#4,29014
1993#1851,579#4,69712
1992#1871,654#2,74725
1991#1851,609#4,47612
1990#1931,521#3,60716
1989#2181,256#3,44616
1988#2251,166#2,36725
1987#312774#2,55921
1986#305801#2,60120
1985#261958#2,94216
1984#2251,145#2,36421
1983#2141,175#2,91215
1982#366633#5,0037
1981#328723#3,85810
1980#418528
1979#519371
1978#606282
1977#554316
1976#544320
1975#529328
1974#533314#5,2275
1973#561293
1972#628247
1971#577303#4,9075
1970#575309
1969#569298
1968#585268#4,1365
1967#565281
1966#529317
1965#520337
1964#507374
1963#492390
1962#488395
1961#478413
1960#453465
1959#449460
1958#400531
1957#420493
1956#407493
1955#394497#3,5056
1954#385500
1953#362550
1952#369502#3,7345
1951#343540
1950#336533
1949#321580
1948#302646
1947#304678
1946#307579
1945#271636
1944#242741
1943#255760
1942#240799
1941#233741#3,5055
1940#218774#3,1306
1939#210822#2,6098
1938#216786#2,08412
1937#204812#3,5185
1936#212777#3,1476
1935#194903#3,2526
1934#187939#2,7428
1933#197873#1,99713
1932#1761,078#2,46510
1931#1781,009#2,8648
1930#1811,064#3,0228
1929#1821,080#2,7669
1928#1691,245#3,0768
1927#1721,242#4,2105
1926#1711,288#3,1398
1925#1691,400#3,7416
1924#1661,460#2,47312
1923#1631,443
1922#1571,530#3,5327
1921#1601,481#3,5177
1920#1551,489#2,76510
1919#1481,496#2,8779
1918#1491,525#2,8829
1917#1501,417#3,5456
1916#1371,511#2,7309
1915#1311,518#3,8255
1914#1261,202#3,2645
1913#1231,052#2,8215
1912#1121,044#2,0457
1911#108833
1910#101877#1,4216
1909#102754
1908#99765
1907#98739
1906#90773#1,1116
1905#87776
1904#85772#1,2055
1903#82776#9107
1902#85748#1,0136
1901#87653
1900#81931
1899#85660
1898#84712#1,0026
1897#86624
1896#83661
1895#84665#1,0795
1894#81645
1893#84573#9076
1892#85564
1891#79557
1890#76588
1889#73583
1888#73612#7558
1887#67532
1886#63602#9595
1885#60607
1884#54685
1883#50659#8925
1882#48648
1881#49562
1880#48564#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Daisy was already there! It came in at #48, and was given to 564 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1965–1978, when fewer than 340 girls a year got the name.

See more about Daisy
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#76#75)
  • 68 spots since 2020 (#143#75)
  • 108 spots since 2015 (#183#75)
  • Biggest jump: 152 spots in 1983 (#366#214)
  • Biggest drop: 52 spots in 1978 (#554#606)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #48 (648 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 84 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 31 yrs · run 1880–1908
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 161
  • Highest: 1 in 161 girls born in 1880 were named Daisy (0.62%)
  • Latest: 1 in 501 girls born in 2025 (0.20%)
  • Its best rank, #48 in 1882, was only 1 in 166 (0.60%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 14.4% of all girls named Daisy (22,807) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #48 (1882) → #628 (1972) → #75 (2025)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6,054#48 (1882)#59
1890s6,249#76 (1890)#83
1900s7,687#81 (1900)#90
1910s12,475#101 (1910)#129
1920s13,658#155 (1920)#166
1930s9,063#176 (1932)#196
1940s6,934#218 (1940)#269
1950s5,099#336 (1950)#387
1960s3,538#453 (1960)#519
1970s3,083#519 (1979)#563
1980s9,159#214 (1983)#287
1990s19,991#124 (1996)#161
2000s22,807#136 (2003)#148
2010s17,884#151 (2010)#175
2020s15,042#75 (2025)#110

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Daisy in 1955

girls
#394
497 births · 1 in 3,934 girls
boys
#3,505
6 births · 1 in 343,315 boys

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #394Daisy497

Top boys' names in 1955

  1. #1Michael88,355
  2. #2David86,306
  3. #3James84,186
  4. #4Robert83,758
  5. #5John80,128
  6. #6William59,990
  7. #7Richard53,566
  8. #8Thomas45,855
  9. #9Mark42,255
  10. #10Steven37,847
  11. #3,505Daisy6
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 3,934 of them was named Daisy, which outranked 94.1% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Daisy
  1. #391Freda507
  2. #392Camille505
  3. #393Ernestine503
  4. #394Daisy497
  5. #395Gay496
  6. #396Candy495
  7. #397Suzan484
Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. 793Athena#1,505#712
  2. 675Desiree#984#309
  3. 661Roni#1,197#536
  4. 630Gisele#1,444#814
  5. 593Carmel#1,422#829
Fallers
  1. 514Valinda#806#1,320
  2. 378Elouise#969#1,347
  3. 287Veda#831#1,118
  4. 275Drema#978#1,253
  5. 264Brooke#965#1,229

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 343,315 of them was named Daisy, which outranked 20.3% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Daisy
  1. #3,201Yvonne7
  2. #3,201Zebbie7
  3. #3,201Zvi7
  4. #3,505Daisy6
  5. #3,505Abie6
  6. #3,505Able6
  7. #3,505Addis6
  8. #3,886Abbott5
  9. #3,886Abran5
  10. #3,886Abron5

Tied with 380 names at #3,505; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. 808Davy#1,333#525
  2. 326Wyatt#985#659
  3. 323Moises#1,311#988
  4. 296Tad#1,068#772
  5. 286Rhett#1,122#836
Fallers
  1. 738Rahn#908#1,646
  2. 415Ricci#739#1,154
  3. 321Meredith#952#1,273
  4. 309Michial#985#1,294
  5. 282Arvin#973#1,255

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1955