Dahlia

What Dahlia means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Dahlia yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #412 in 2015 to #215 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Dahlia?

US: Rising: up from #412 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #845 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,420 girls got the name (#215 that year). First in the US records in 1890.

How common

• About 1 in 1,132 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,282 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,627 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in HI (3.26 per 1,000 girls), RI (2.85 per 1,000 girls), DC (2.48 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Dahlia is #215 in the US and #381 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Dahlia were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Talia1,180 US · 260 E&W
• Dalia340 US · 54 E&W
• Tahlia121 US · 38 E&W
• Delia135 US · 19 E&W
• Daliah52 US · 6 E&W
• Dallie10 US
• Dahliah5 US
• Tallia0 US · 4 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Dahlia

Girls

• Willow#44From the word “willow”^*
• Violet#13From the word “violet”^*
• Hazel#21From the word “hazel”^*
• Juniper#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #427 in 2015, #100 in 2025
• Olive#197Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #47 vs #197 in 2025
• Mercy#862Editor’s note Up from #1,011 in 2015 to #862 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Alden#598“old + friend”^*
• August#81“month of August”^*
• Prince#447Editor’s note Down from #386 in 2015 to #447 in 2025 in the US
• Briar#686Editor’s note Used for both: 34% of US babies named Briar in 2025 were boys
• Deacon#561Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1971, with 15 babies

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under English, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Dahlia’s. Rank is US 2025.