Dalia

What Dalia means

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

Editor’s note Up from #1,034 in 2015 to #799 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Dalia?

US: Rising: up from #1034 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1204 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1994, when 516 girls got the name (#485 that year). First in the US records in 1913.

How common

• About 1 in 4,727 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,690 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 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 CA (0.49 per 1,000 girls), IL (0.45 per 1,000 girls), MN (0.42 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Dalia is #799 in the US and #684 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 Dalia were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Dahlia1,420 US · 111 E&W
• Talia1,180 US · 260 E&W
• Tahlia121 US · 38 E&W
• Delia135 US · 19 E&W
• Taliah90 US · 30 E&W
• Daliah52 US · 6 E&W
• Deliah18 US
• Taleia15 US

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 Dalia

Girls

• Summer#151Editor’s note Up from #193 in 2015 to #151 in 2025 in the US
• Selena#268“heavenly”^*
• Aaliyah#101Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1976, with 18 babies
• Aliyah#263“ascent”^*
• Kennedy#85“head + ugly”^*
• Celeste#188“heavenly”^*

For a brother

• Lane#250Editor’s note Up from #297 in 2015 to #250 in 2025 in the US
• Jonah#128“dove”^*
• Avery#291Editor’s note Down from #188 in 2015 to #291 in 2025 in the US
• River#111From the word “river”^*
• Walker#78Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #340 in 2015, #78 in 2025
• Zayn#251“beauty”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Dalia’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.