Daisy

What Daisy means

From the word “daisy”

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

Source: Wiktionary, “Daisy” (revision 93670731), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Daisy?

US: Rising: up from #183 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #20 in 2015, #18 now.

Biggest US share so far: 1880, when 564 girls got the name (#48 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 501 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 174 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 142 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ME (5.46 per 1,000 girls), UT (5.45 per 1,000 girls), VT (5.13 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Daisy is #75 in the US and #18 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Daisy were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Deisy35 US
• Daysi33 US
• Daisey20 US · 7 E&W
• Daizy23 US
• Daisee7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Daisy

Girls

• Summer#151Editor’s note Up from #193 in 2015 to #151 in 2025 in the US
• Jade#95Editor’s note Up from #126 in 2015 to #95 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 600 US girls in the 2025 records
• Ocean#785“sea”^*
• Sage#160“sedge”^*
• Emerald#741From the word “emerald”^*
• Aspen#266Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Aspen in 2025 were girls

For a brother

• Tate#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #420 in 2015, #193 in 2025
• Sage#455“sedge”^*
• Ocean#717“sea”^*
• Aspen#920Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1990, with 8 babies
• Sonny#298Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #822 in 2015, #298 in 2025
• Alden#598“old + friend”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under English, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Daisy’s. Rank is US 2025.