# Daisy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/daisy/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “daisy” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdeɪzi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 159,355 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 632 / 158,723 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 50,856, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the flower daisy, one of the flower names dating from the 19th century. Also a nickname for Margaret, since Marguerite and Margarita are identical with the French and Spanish word for "daisy".

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,896 | 167 |
| 2012 | 1,784 | 174 |
| 2013 | 1,633 | 198 |
| 2014 | 1,791 | 180 |
| 2015 | 1,772 | 183 |
| 2016 | 1,732 | 189 |
| 2017 | 1,796 | 170 |
| 2018 | 1,718 | 169 |
| 2019 | 1,742 | 164 |
| 2020 | 1,896 | 143 |
| 2021 | 2,087 | 134 |
| 2022 | 2,325 | 124 |
| 2023 | 2,426 | 110 |
| 2024 | 3,102 | 76 |
| 2025 | 3,206 | 75 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 12 | 4,536 |
| 1992 | 25 | 2,753 |
| 1993 | 12 | 4,768 |
| 1994 | 14 | 4,343 |
| 1995 | 7 | 7,143 |
| 1996 | 13 | 4,662 |
| 1997 | 6 | 8,340 |
| 2000 | 9 | 6,946 |
| 2001 | 8 | 7,680 |
| 2002 | 8 | 7,795 |
| 2003 | 8 | 8,003 |
| 2004 | 8 | 8,280 |
| 2008 | 5 | 12,911 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11,038 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,158 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,458 | 20 |
| 2012 | 2,209 | 22 |
| 2013 | 2,168 | 23 |
| 2014 | 1,957 | 24 |
| 2015 | 2,113 | 20 |
| 2016 | 2,020 | 22 |
| 2017 | 2,040 | 18 |
| 2018 | 1,769 | 28 |
| 2019 | 1,543 | 31 |
| 2020 | 1,571 | 24 |
| 2021 | 1,873 | 15 |
| 2022 | 1,563 | 21 |
| 2023 | 1,585 | 17 |
| 2024 | 1,548 | 18 |
| 2025 | 1,454 | 18 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 黛西
- Dutch: Margriet, Madelief
- Japanese: デイジー
- Korean: 데이지
- Polish: Daisy
- Russian: Де́йзи
- Spanish: Margarita

## People named Daisy

- Daisy Ridley, English actress (born 1992)
- Daisy Edgar-Jones, British actress (born 1998)
- Daisy Marie, American pornographic actress, model & feature dancer
- Daisy Fuentes, Cuban-American actress, comedian, model, television host, and former weather presenter (bo
- Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick, British countess (1861–1938)
- Daisy, Princess of Pless, British socialite born in Wales
- Daisy Ducati, American pornographic actress
- Daisy Head, British actress
- Daisy Bates, American civil rights activist (1914–1999)
- Daisy Lowe, British model
- Daisy Betts, Australian actress
- Daisy Ashford, English writer (1881–1972)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.