Dalila Girl
How popular is Dalila?
#1,525 girl name in 2025
139 baby girls were named Dalila in the US in 2025, making it the 1525th most popular girl name.
Dalila popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,525 for girls (▼ 194 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 139 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+5% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,622 in 2015, #1,678 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2009 (207 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,207 in 2009 |
| First recorded | 1944 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Dalila counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Dalilah family of names ranked #681 for girls in 2025 (#607 the year before), with 397 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dalilah | 197 | 50% |
| Dalila | 139 | 35% |
| Dalylah | 27 | 7% |
| Dalyla | 19 | 5% |
| Dahlila | 7 | 2% |
| Dahlilah | 8 | 2% |
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 Dalila is most popular
Babies named Dalila per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (126 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (115 girls)
- Arizona: 0.1 per 1,000 (15 girls)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (44 girls)
Dalila by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 15 | #3,685 |
| 1950s | 120 | #2,759 |
| 1960s | 192 | #2,245 |
| 1970s | 505 | #1,481 |
| 1980s | 673 | #1,490 |
| 1990s | 804 | #1,513 |
| 2000s | 1,525 | #1,207 |
| 2010s | 1,385 | #1,321 |
| 2020s | 823 | #1,331 |
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Questions
- Is Dalila a boy or girl name?
- Dalila is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Dalila were girls.
- How popular is the name Dalila?
- 139 baby girls were named Dalila in the US in 2025, making it the 1525th most popular girl name.
- When was Dalila most popular?
- Dalila peaked in 2009, when 207 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,207 in 2009.
- How many people are named Dalila?
- 6,042 babies have been named Dalila in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,913 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Dalila most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Dalila was most common in California, at 0.1 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.