# Daly (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/daly/  
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) | 31,330 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,118 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,855 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.9% (30,434 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdeɪli/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Dailey, Daley |

## Etymology

(surname): Anglicisation of the Irish surname Ó Dálaigh, from dálach (“frequenting meetings”). Compare dáil.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Daly 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Similar surnames

Dailey, Dale, Daley, Dahl, Deal, Daily, Dial, Dail, Dawley, Dall, Dahle, Dalley.

## 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.