Daisy

A girls’ name of English origin, meaning day's eye; the daisy flower.

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Win rate
45%
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US popularity
#75
up from #76
UK popularity
#18
1,454 babies · unchanged

How Daisy has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#58#132#206201520202025#75

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YearUS rank
2015#183
2016#189
2017#170
2018#170
2019#164
2020#143
2021#134
2022#125
2023#110
2024#76
2025#75

Daisy by the numbers

In 2025, 1,454 babies in England and Wales were named Daisy. In the US, 1,786 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 2,514 babies in 1996, making it a 1990s name.

At its height, in 1880, about 1 in 170 American girls born that year was called Daisy.

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Daisy as a share of American girls born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Names that come from Daisy

Forms of Daisy in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Daiseedaisy flower; a form of Daisy11 in the US (2017)
  • Daisy-Raeday's eye flower; a form of Daisy9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Daisy-Leighdaisy flower with meadow; compound of Daisy and Leigh5 in England and Wales (2025)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Daisy. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Daiseyday's eye flower; a form of daisy7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Daizyday's eye flower; a variant spelling of Daisy18 in the US (2017)
  • Deisy32 in the US (2017)
  • Daily14 in the US (2017)
  • Darcyfrom Arcy; a place name351 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Dawsynson of David; invented respelling of Dawson201 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Daisy

Names that are said the same way as Daisy, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Daisieday's eye flower; a form of Daisy42 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Daysiday's eye flower; a form of Daisy26 in the US (2017)
  • Daci5 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a flower

Like Daisy, each of these has a flower in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Chloegreen shoot, blooming6,920 in the US (2017)
  • Lilythe lily flower; purity2,249 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Violetthe violet flower; purple1,061 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Leilaniheavenly flower2,264 in the US (2017)
  • Jasminejasmine flower; gift from god455 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rosethe rose flower; symbol of love666 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Daisy

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