Dahlia Girl
How popular is Dahlia?
#215 girl name in 2025
1,420 baby girls were named Dahlia in the US in 2025, making it the 215th most popular girl name.
Dahlia popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #215 for girls (▲ 26 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,420 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+83% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #412 in 2015, #354 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (1,420 girls) |
| Highest rank | #215 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1890 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Dahlia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Dahlia family of names ranked #185 for girls in 2025 (#201 the year before), with 1,836 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dahlia | 1,420 | 77% |
| Dalia | 340 | 19% |
| Daliah | 52 | 3% |
| Dalya | 12 | 1% |
| Dahlya | 7 | 0% |
| Dahliah | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Dahlia is most popular
Babies named Dahlia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alaska: 2.1 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- Nevada: 2.0 per 1,000 (93 girls)
- New Mexico: 1.8 per 1,000 (43 girls)
- California: 1.5 per 1,000 (1,227 girls)
- Oregon: 1.4 per 1,000 (92 girls)
Dahlia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 19 | #1,213 |
| 1900s | 16 | #1,727 |
| 1910s | 141 | #1,601 |
| 1920s | 228 | #1,646 |
| 1930s | 124 | #1,752 |
| 1940s | 151 | #1,777 |
| 1950s | 266 | #1,559 |
| 1960s | 307 | #1,854 |
| 1970s | 442 | #1,736 |
| 1980s | 390 | #2,096 |
| 1990s | 839 | #1,257 |
| 2000s | 2,428 | #661 |
| 2010s | 7,012 | #372 |
| 2020s | 6,996 | #215 |
Girl names about as popular as Dahlia
Questions
- Is Dahlia a boy or girl name?
- Dahlia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Dahlia were girls.
- How popular is the name Dahlia?
- 1,420 baby girls were named Dahlia in the US in 2025, making it the 215th most popular girl name.
- When was Dahlia most popular?
- Dahlia peaked in 2025, when 1,420 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #215 in 2025.
- How many people are named Dahlia?
- 19,359 babies have been named Dahlia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 18,613 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Dahlia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Dahlia was most common in Alaska, at 2.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.