girl's name

Dalia

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Top 1000 (US)
  • Births on record 19,026

the United States

#804

2025 births

Dalia is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 340 babies in the United States, ranking #804. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Peaked in 1994, when 516 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 9,751 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1913.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Dalia over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,877
'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Dalia by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 31
1920s 129
1930s 158
1940s 276
1950s 757
1960s 910
1970s 927
1980s 1,115
1990s 2,760
2000s 2,877
2010s 2,546
2020s (to 2025) 1,811

How popular is Dalia?

In 2025, Dalia was given to 340 babies in the United States, ranking #804 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Dalia is used

France #491 100 in 2025
Ireland #526 7 in 2025
Canada #574 51 in 2024
England & Wales #693 54 in 2025
United States #804 340 in 2025
Scotland #912 3 in 2023

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Dalia

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Dalia also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Dalia over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Dalia in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

French
Dali
Greek
Delia
Italian
Delia
Romanian
Delia
Spanish
Delia
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Daliah Dalina Dalie

Sibling names for Dalia

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Dalia — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Dalia

How popular is the name Dalia?

In 2025, Dalia was given to 340 babies in the United States, ranking #804 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Is Dalia a girl's or a boy's name?

Dalia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Dalia?

Dalia has 2 syllables.

When was Dalia most popular?

Dalia peaked in 1994, when 516 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Dalia a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Dalia currently ranks #491 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.