# Daley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/daley/  
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) | 24,901 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,427 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,399 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.6% (23,132 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdeɪli/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Daly |

## Etymology

From Irish Ó Dálaigh.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Daley 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) | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Daley in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Daley

- Tom Daley, British diver
- John Francis Daley, American actor and director
- William M. Daley, American lawyer and former banker
- Richard M. Daley, American politician (born 1942)
- Richard J. Daley, American politician and 48th Mayor of Chicago
- Slug, American rapper

## Similar surnames

Dailey, Daly, Dale, Dooley, Dahl, Daily, Dilley, Dail, Duley, Dawley, Dall, 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.