Dalilah Girl
How popular is Dalilah?
#1,173 girl name in 2025
197 baby girls were named Dalilah in the US in 2025, making it the 1173rd most popular girl name.
Dalilah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,173 for girls (▼ 123 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 197 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-8% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,175 in 2015, #1,093 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (263 girls) |
| Highest rank | #988 in 2013 |
| First recorded | 1970 |
| 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 |
Dalilah 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 Dalilah is most popular
Babies named Dalilah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Illinois: 0.3 per 1,000 (61 girls)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (202 girls)
- Indiana: 0.2 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (153 girls)
- Ohio: 0.2 per 1,000 (45 girls)
Dalilah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 43 | #5,578 |
| 1980s | 85 | #5,456 |
| 1990s | 191 | #3,298 |
| 2000s | 1,287 | #1,005 |
| 2010s | 2,232 | #988 |
| 2020s | 1,297 | #1,050 |
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Questions
- Is Dalilah a boy or girl name?
- Dalilah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Dalilah were girls.
- How popular is the name Dalilah?
- 197 baby girls were named Dalilah in the US in 2025, making it the 1173rd most popular girl name.
- When was Dalilah most popular?
- Dalilah peaked in 2008, when 263 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #988 in 2013.
- How many people are named Dalilah?
- 5,135 babies have been named Dalilah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,100 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Dalilah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Dalilah was most common in Illinois, at 0.3 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.