How common is the surname Daly?

31,330 people in the United States had the surname Daly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,855 Americans. It ranked 1,118th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Daly?

Daly is /ˈdeɪli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Daly getting more or less common?

More common. 30,434 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,330 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Daly

An Irish surname, carried by 31,330 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdeɪli/ 2 syllables Soundex D400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Daly is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

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

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 31,330 people named Daly in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,855 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 30,434.

#1,118

rank among US surnames

31,330

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #1,048)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,109	Aguilera	31,581	9,776
#1,110	Carrasco	31,575	9,778
#1,112	Donahue	31,563	9,782
#1,113	Kinney	31,558	9,783
#1,114	Donnelly	31,505	9,800
#1,115	Britt	31,474	9,810
#1,116	Craft	31,452	9,816

Who is named Daly

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

91% of people named Daly identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Daly

Daly has the Soundex code D400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D400.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Daly come from?: (surname): Anglicisation of the Irish surname Ó Dálaigh, from dálach (“frequenting meetings”). Compare dáil.
How common is the surname Daly?: 31,330 people in the United States had the surname Daly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,855 Americans. It ranked 1,118th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Daly?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Daly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Daly?: Daly is /ˈdeɪli/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Daly getting more or less common?: More common. 30,434 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,330 in 2010, up 2.9%.
What are other spellings of Daly?: Dailey and Daley.