Daysi
Feminine · “day's eye”
Daysi is one of three Spanish-language spellings of Daisy, and the flower's English name is a compound nobody has needed to explain since Chaucer did.
How old is the name Daysi?
Daysi first appears in US birth records in 1970 — 55 years ago. The typical Daysi alive today was born around 2003, making them about 22 years old. About 1,500 people named Daysi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Daysi most popular?
Daysi peaked in 1996, reaching #2151 nationally. Today it ranks #4265, 2,114 places below that high. See the whole 1996 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Daysi
Ours, offered as ours. That there are three common Spanish-language spellings of one English name is a real feature rather than a confusion: Spanish orthography is phonetic and English is not, so a borrowed name has no single correct written form and families choose. Daysi, Deysi and Deisy are all correct by Spanish rules and all say the same thing. The English original underneath is a thousand-year-old compound about a flower opening at dawn.
Meaning
day's eye
From Old English daeges eage, the day's eye, for the flower's habit of opening at dawn and closing at dusk. The Spanish-language spellings — Daysi, Deysi, Deisy — write the English sound with Spanish letters.
Pronouncing Daysi
DAY-see
Two syllables, first stressed. Daysi and Daisy are said identically.
Nicknames for Daysi
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
- 1970
- Most girls named
- 199663 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2151reached in 1996
- Change vs 2024
- +57.1%33 in 2025, from 21
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.
Daysi in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Daisy in English — spelling variant
- Deysi in Spanish — spelling variant
- Deisy in Spanish — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Daysis among us
people named Daysi are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 48,705 born in 2025 was named Daysi
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Daysi
- #4265
- Daysi on the 2025 chart
- #88
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Daysi went to 33 girls in 2025, but Daisy and Daizy are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 3,262, which makes it the 88th most-given girls’ name of the year — 4,177 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 493 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 48,705 for Daysi itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Charon test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Daysi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Charon climbed just as high around 1943, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Charon's path sketches the road Daysi is walking now.
Daysi 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 Daysi is headed
Daysi should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
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.
Daysi beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Daysi 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 poetry and easy to explain.
- Every letter is sounded, so Spanish speakers read it correctly at once.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Daisy is the English spelling and will be written for her constantly.
- Daysi, Deysi and Deisy are all in use and none is dominant.
- English readers will not guess the spelling from the sound.
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Frequently asked
- How many Daysis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,500 people named Daysi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Daysi?
- Daysi is one of 3 recorded spellings. Daisy is the more common one — 3,206 births in 2025 against 33 for Daysi.
- How popular is the name Daysi in 2025?
- Daysi ranks #4265 among US girl names in 2025, with 33 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Daysi?
- About 1 in every 48,705 US girls born in 2025 was named Daysi — 33 in all.
- Will my child share the name Daysi with classmates?
- Daysi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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