girls' name ★ peaked 2025

Daisy

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #75 Trend ↑ Rising 68%

From the flower daisy, one of the flower names dating from the 19th century.

Rank 2025
#75
among girls · ↑1 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
3,206
named Daisy · +3% vs 2024
How common
1 in 501
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
3,206 babies
All-time total
159,355
#254 all-time among girls
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records

Daisy popularity over time

159,355 babies have been named Daisy since 1880, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
1.883.755.637.518801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s 6,054 23 6,077 608 – #48
1890s 6,249 17 6,266 627 +3% #76
1900s 7,687 24 7,711 771 +23% #81
1910s 12,475 61 12,536 1,254 +63% #101
1920s 13,658 72 13,730 1,373 +10% #155
1930s 9,063 84 9,147 915 -33% #176
1940s 6,934 11 6,945 695 -24% #218
1950s 5,099 11 5,110 511 -26% #336
1960s 3,538 5 3,543 354 -31% #453
1970s 3,083 10 3,093 309 -13% #519
1980s 9,159 151 9,310 931 +201% #214
1990s 19,991 105 20,096 2,010 +116% #124
2000s 22,807 46 22,853 2,285 +14% #136
2010s 17,884 6 17,890 1,789 -22% #151
2020s (to 2025) 15,042 6 15,048 2,508 +40% #75

Where Daisy is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 3,501 2.18 #68
2027 3,773 2.35 #61
2028 4,020 2.50 #55
2029 4,244 2.64 #50
2030 4,443 2.76 #48

Where Daisy is most popular

Girls named Daisy per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 1.62 per 1,000. Strongest in Utah, Maine, and Idaho.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Daisy born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Utah 338 4.06 +151%
Maine 62 4.01 +147%
Idaho 124 3.71 +129%
Vermont 17 3.51 +116%
Montana 47 3.47 +114%
Oregon 209 3.21 +98%
Alaska 27 3.14 +94%
Kansas 177 3.07 +89%
North Dakota 40 3.04 +88%
West Virginia 76 2.90 +79%
Nebraska 103 2.87 +77%
Wyoming 12 2.81 +74%
Oklahoma 202 2.74 +69%
New Mexico 66 2.71 +67%
Washington 389 2.69 +66%
Missouri 322 2.67 +65%
Arizona 369 2.63 +62%
Hawaii 30 2.62 +62%
Nevada 118 2.54 +57%
Rhode Island 31 2.48 +53%
Tennessee 392 2.47 +53%
Colorado 266 2.38 +47%
Mississippi 111 2.37 +46%
Kentucky 202 2.36 +46%
Iowa 136 2.33 +44%
South Dakota 33 2.31 +43%
Minnesota 247 2.29 +41%
Arkansas 120 2.27 +40%
Indiana 318 2.27 +40%
New Hampshire 41 2.22 +37%
Michigan 404 2.22 +37%
Delaware 25 2.20 +36%
Ohio 513 2.16 +33%
Wisconsin 222 2.16 +33%
Connecticut 116 1.99 +23%
California 1,655 1.97 +22%
District of Columbia 23 1.94 +20%
South Carolina 171 1.90 +17%
North Carolina 416 1.83 +13%
Alabama 168 1.79 +10%
Illinois 403 1.76 +9%
Pennsylvania 407 1.72 +6%
Georgia 385 1.69 +5%
Texas 1,332 1.66 ≈ national
Massachusetts 199 1.65 ≈ national
Virginia 278 1.63 ≈ national
Maryland 171 1.61 ≈ national
Louisiana 141 1.61 ≈ national
Florida 657 1.54 -5%
New York 550 1.39 -14%
New Jersey 237 1.31 -19%

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Daisy

Daisy is a top-100 name for girls in the United States, ranked #75 in 2025 with 3,206 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1880, 159,355 American babies have been named Daisy. Its peak came in 2025, when 3,206 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Daisy stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Daisy?

The median living Daisy is about 24 years old; half are between 12 and 36. An estimated 102 thousand people named Daisy are alive in the United States today.

median 24 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Daisy year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 3,206 #75 – –
2024 3,102 #76 – –
2023 2,426 #110 – –
2022 2,325 #124 6 #11,158
2021 2,087 #134 – –
2020 1,896 #143 – –
2019 1,742 #164 – –
2018 1,718 #169 – –
2017 1,796 #170 – –
2016 1,732 #189 – –
2015 1,772 #183 – –
2014 1,791 #180 – –
2013 1,633 #198 – –
2012 1,784 #174 – –
2011 1,896 #167 – –
2010 2,020 #151 6 #11,038
2009 2,074 #153 – –
2008 2,075 #161 5 #12,911
2007 2,159 #167 – –
2006 2,300 #149 – –
2005 2,323 #150 – –
2004 2,271 #144 8 #8,280
2003 2,410 #136 8 #8,003
2002 2,456 #138 8 #7,795
2001 2,371 #139 8 #7,680
2000 2,368 #141 9 #6,946
1995 2,224 #145 7 #7,143
1990 1,521 #193 16 #3,634
1985 958 #261 16 #2,972
1980 528 #418 – –
1975 328 #529 – –
1970 309 #576 – –
1965 337 #520 – –
1960 465 #453 – –
1955 497 #394 6 #3,577
1950 533 #336 – –
1945 636 #271 – –
1940 774 #218 6 #3,199
1935 903 #194 6 #3,336
1930 1,064 #181 8 #3,080
1925 1,400 #169 6 #3,833
1920 1,489 #155 10 #2,811
1915 1,518 #131 5 #3,953
1910 877 #101 6 #1,462
1905 776 #87 – –
1900 931 #81 – –
1895 665 #84 5 #1,118
1890 588 #76 – –
1885 607 #60 – –
1880 564 #48 5 #942

Famous people named Daisy

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Daisy Ridley Daisy Ridley English actress (born 1992) Contemporary
  2. 2 Daisy Shah Daisy Shah Indian actress, dancer and model (born 1984) Contemporary
  3. 3 Daisy and Violet Hilton Daisy and Violet Hilton U.S. based British conjoined performing twins Contemporary
  4. 4 Daisy Marie Pornographic actor, United States b. 1984 · Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Daisy, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Daisy?

The median living Daisy is about 24 years old. Half of all living Daisys are between 12 and 36 years old.

How many people named Daisy are alive today?

An estimated 102 thousand people named Daisy are alive in the United States, based on 159,355 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Daisy mean?

From the flower daisy, one of the flower names dating from the 19th century.

How popular is the name Daisy in 2025?

Daisy ranked #75 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 3,206 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Daisy?

159,355 babies have been named Daisy in the United States since 1880, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Daisy most popular?

Daisy peaked in 2025, when 3,206 newborns received the name.

Is Daisy a boy or girl name?

Daisy is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Daisy rising or falling?

Daisy is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Daisy become more popular?

Daisy is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 4,443 girls named Daisy in 2030, which would rank around #48. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Daisy?

Well-known people named Daisy include Daisy Ridley (actor), Daisy Shah (actor), Daisy and Violet Hilton (celebrity).

Names like Daisy

Names that sound and feel close to Daisy: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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