Fun Facts About the Name Dailee
- 204 babies named Dailee: U.S. records list 204 babies given the name Dailee from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Dailee Mean?
Dailee has no independent etymology that is separate from the names it resembles. It matches the English-language surname Dailey, an anglicized spelling of the Irish Ó Dálaigh, which means "descendant of Dálach." The personal name Dálach comes from the Old Irish dál, "assembly" or "meeting," with a suffix indicating a person connected with it, so the source name is usually understood as "assemblyman." If Dailee is a respelling of that surname-derived name, its meaning is inherited rather than its own. Spellings ending in -ee are also sometimes formed by adding that ending to a shorter unrelated name such as Dale, from Old English dæl, "valley," so the exact source behind Dailee cannot be settled by the spelling alone.
Dailee Name History & Origins
The surname Ó Dálaigh belonged to a well-known Irish family of poets. Its members served as hereditary ollamhs, or master poets, to Irish lords in the medieval and early modern periods, and the name appears in Gaelic Irish records in that learned role. English and anglicized forms of the surname include O'Daly, Daly, Daley, and Dailey, and these spread to Britain and North America with Irish emigration. Dailee is a newer spelling within that family of names, keeping the sound of Dailey while using an -ee ending.
How Popular is the Name Dailee?
Dailee has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2019. Its best rank was #7,342 in 2021.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,482 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #8,029 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2023 | #13,822 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #13,986 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #7,342 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2020 | #15,659 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #7,442 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2018 | #14,200 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #10,139 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #10,257 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #13,325 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #13,399 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #9,162 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #13,826 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2011 | #17,404 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #11,476 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #14,037 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2006 | #17,758 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #14,915 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #16,708 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #14,003 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #15,902 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #15,597 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #8,936 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1998 | #14,668 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #14,234 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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