Daisie
Feminine · “day's eye”
Daisie is a spelling of Daisy, and Daisy was for centuries the standard English nickname for Margaret — by way of French.
How old is the name Daisie?
Daisie was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Daisie alive today was born around 1955, making them about 70 years old. About 600 people named Daisie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Daisie most popular?
Daisie peaked in 1883, reaching #423 nationally. Today it ranks #4661, 4,238 places below that high. See the whole 1883 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Daisie
Ours, offered as ours. Margaret means a pearl in Greek, but marguerite in French means a daisy — so English girls named Margaret were called Daisy by a translation that goes sideways rather than down. Henry James's Daisy Miller and Fitzgerald's Daisy Buchanan are both, formally, Margarets in the tradition behind the name. It is one of the odder nickname routes in English, running through a second language entirely.
Meaning
day's eye
The flower name is Old English daeges eage, the day's eye, for a bloom that opens at dawn. Its use for Margaret comes from French marguerite, which is the ordinary French word for a daisy.
Pronouncing Daisie
DAY-zee
Two syllables, first stressed. Daisie and Daisy are said identically.
Nicknames for Daisie
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 202529 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #423reached in 1883
- Change vs 2023
- +31.8%29 in 2025, from 22
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Daisie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Daisy in English — spelling variant
- Marguerite in French — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas.
Daisies among us
people named Daisie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 55,423 born in 2025 was named Daisie
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Daisie sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Daisie is headed
Daisie looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 31% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Daisie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Daisie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that is a small piece of English poetry on its own.
- Margaret stands behind it as a traditional fuller form.
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- Daisy is the standard spelling and will be written for her constantly.
- Daisie, Daisy, Daysi and Deisy are all in use and get confused.
- It is strongly associated with the Victorian and Edwardian periods.
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Frequently asked
- How many Daisies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Daisie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Daisie in 2025?
- Daisie ranks #4661 among US girl names in 2025, with 29 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Daisie?
- About 1 in every 55,423 US girls born in 2025 was named Daisie — 29 in all.
- Will my child share the name Daisie with classmates?
- Daisie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Daisie
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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