Daisy
Masculine · “The daisy flower”
Daisy is given to girls far more often — 158,723 girls against 632 boys since 1880. See Daisy as a girl name
Daisy has been an American name since before records began, and it has come back after a long quiet spell. It was the family nickname of the woman who founded the Girl Scouts, and the first song ever sung by a computer.
How old is the name Daisy?
Daisy was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Daisy alive today was born around 1981, making them about 44 years old. About 300 people named Daisy are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Daisy most popular?
Daisy peaked in 1888, reaching #755 nationally. See the whole 1888 chart.
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Where it comes from
From dæges eage to Daisy
The story of Daisy
Daisy spread in the nineteenth century both as a flower name and as a nickname for Margaret. Juliette Gordon Low of Savannah, known to her family all her life as Daisy, founded the Girl Scouts in 1912, and the youngest Girl Scouts are still called Daisies after her. In 1961 an IBM computer at Bell Labs was programmed to sing 'Daisy Bell' — the song about a bicycle built for two — the first song performed by a synthesized computer voice; Arthur C. Clarke heard it, and HAL sings it as he is shut down in 2001: A Space Odyssey. The spelling is recorded for a handful of boys, but it is a girl's name in every tradition behind it.
Meaning
The daisy flower
From the flower's name, Old English dæges eage, 'day's eye'. Daisy was also long used as a nickname for Margaret.
How the name formed
- dæges eage
- daisy
- Daisy
Related forms: Marguerite · Margarita · Margaret
Pronouncing Daisy
DAY-zee
Two syllables, stress on the first.
Nicknames for Daisy
Limited
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 boys named
- 198825 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #755reached in 1888
- Change vs 2010
- 0.0%6 in 2022, from 6
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.
Daisy in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Marguerite in French — related form
- Margarita in Spanish — related form
- Margaret in English — related form
Daisys among us
people named Daisy are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Daisy sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Instantly recognized and spelled the way everyone expects.
- A long American history with a strong modern return.
- A cheerful flower name with a real founder's story behind it.
- It is common again, so a Daisy may share her name with a classmate.
- Some people still hear it as a nickname and ask for the full name.
- For a boy it would be very unusual.
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Frequently asked
- How many Daisys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Daisy are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Daisy in 2025?
- Daisy is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Daisy with classmates?
- Daisy will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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