Daley

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Daley: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Daley: Recorded since 1996, it reached #398 in 2013, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#398highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#2337
1999	#2943
2000	#3036
2001	#2587
2002	#2254
2003	#2189
2004	#1878
2005	#2754
2006	#2538
2007	#3589
2008	#2276
2009	#2544
2010	#3332
2011	#3300
2012	#1669
2013	#1183
2014	#1281
2015	#1380
2016	#1627
2017	#1812
2018	#2693
2019	#2266
2020	#3848
2021	#4789
2022	#3449
2024	#3688

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2016: #421 among boys in Northern Ireland, #1627 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1765 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2013–2016
Highest recorded position: #398 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2013 (recorded 2013–2016).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Daley appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 213 births with the name.

Daley across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Daley's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1765 (1996)	#1183 (2013)	#3688 (2024)	27 of 29	213 (1996–2024)	21 (2013)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#398 (2013)	#398 (2013)	#421 (2016)	2 of 4	6 (2013–2016)	3 (2013)

Daley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Daley in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	13	3 of 10	4
2000s	56	10 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	127	10 of 10	13
2020s	17	4 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Daley appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #398 in Northern Ireland in 2013.

Daley's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1812	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1380	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1281	20	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1183	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1669	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #398, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2013, and 17 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Allanah · #398, 26y
Arjan · #398, 29y
Diyar · #398, 22y
Harriette · #397, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Allanah · #398, 26y
Arjan · #398, 29y
Boston · #398, 24y
Cavan · #398, 28y

Daley was ranked #398 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2013. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Daley and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Daley without appearing here.

Daley moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1183 and #4685.
Shannon Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3589 and #3589 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2276 and #4432.
Maddison Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3036 and #3036 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1878 and #3651.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Daley

Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2266 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #1935.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3332 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3300 and #1398.
Matheo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2266 and #2488 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #2076.
Ronny Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1765 and #2020 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #2587 and #1467.

Moved the opposite way to Daley

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daley went from #1765 to #3688 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daley went from #1765 to #3688 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daley went from #1765 to #3688 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daley went from #1765 to #3688 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Daley

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daley went from #1765 to #3688 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daley went from #1765 to #3688 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daley went from #1765 to #3688 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daley went from #1765 to #3688 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #398 in Northern Ireland in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Daley

Daley at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Daley across 2 official records

Daley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Daley appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Daley at a glance

Daley across 2 official records

Daley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Daley appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Daley

Daley and the names beside it

Daley moved ahead of

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