# Dailey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dailey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 32,719 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,072 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,436 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.9% (30,894 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Daly.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dailey in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dailey in the United States.

## People named Dailey

- Dan Dailey, American actor, singer and dancer (1915–1978)
- Janet Dailey, American writer (1944–2013)
- Irene Dailey, American actress (1920-2008)
- Quintin Dailey, American basketball player (1961-2010)
- Albert Dailey, American musician (1938-1984)
- John R. Dailey, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps

## Similar surnames

Daly, Dale, Daley, Daily, Dial, Dilley, Dail, DiLeo, Duley, Dawley, Dille, Dahle.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.