Fun Facts About the Name Dayleen
- 449 babies named Dayleen: U.S. records list 449 babies given the name Dayleen from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Dayleen Mean?
Dayleen is a rare feminine given name, used mainly in the United States, and it has no documented etymology. The name has the shape of a modern English coinage built from the element Day- plus the ending -leen. That ending resembles the one in Eileen, Kathleen, and Colleen, where -leen reflects the Irish diminutive suffix -ín (anglicized as -een), but nothing shows that Dayleen itself has an Irish source. If the first element is meant as Dale, it would connect to the Old English dæl, "valley"; if it is meant as the ordinary word day, it carries no separate lexical meaning in a personal name. Neither link is documented, so the meaning is best described as uncertain.
Dayleen Name History & Origins
Dayleen does not belong to a long-established naming tradition in any language. It fits the pattern of American feminine names formed from a short, familiar element plus a two-syllable feminine ending, a pattern also seen in names ending in -lene and -leen. Despite its -leen ending, it is not a traditional Irish name: Eileen comes from the Irish Eibhlín and Kathleen from Caitlín, which acquired that ending when Irish diminutives were anglicized, whereas Dayleen has no comparable Irish ancestor. Similar spellings exist, such as Daylene and Dalene, but they are uncommon too, and there is no basis for saying they share one origin. The name appears as a given name in the United States and remains rare.
How Popular is the Name Dayleen?
Dayleen 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 #2,016 in 2019.
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 | #12,215 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #6,675 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 2023 | #3,855 | 39 | 0.0024% |
| 2022 | #5,823 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2021 | #6,226 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2020 | #5,524 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 2019 | #2,016 | 95 | 0.0057% |
| 2018 | #7,479 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2017 | #9,477 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #9,024 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #9,088 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2014 | #7,763 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2013 | #7,482 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2012 | #9,892 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #4,955 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2010 | #7,618 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2009 | #7,776 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2008 | #9,092 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2007 | #8,645 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2006 | #11,674 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #13,356 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #13,100 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #16,394 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #13,596 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #13,812 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #9,594 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #10,653 | 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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