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Dahlia

Gender
Girl
Say it
DAY-lee-a
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#373 for girls
US rank, 2025
#215 for girls

Dahlia is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “dahlia flower”. In 2025 it ranked 373rd for girls in the UK (127 babies) and 215th for girls in the US (1,420 babies).

What does Dahlia mean?

English: flower name, from the surname of Swedish botanist Anders Dahl

“dahlia flower”

The dahlia was named in honour of Anders Dahl, an 18th-century Swedish botanist.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Dahlia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 127 girls in the UK and 1,420 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Dahlia in the UK?

Rank in 2025
373rd among girls
Babies in 2025
127 about 1 in 2,200 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fast up 104% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 127 girls in the UK were named Dahlia, making it the 373rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 606th.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Dahlia of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.

Half of all the girls named Dahlia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 381st in England and Wales, 301st in Scotland and 290th in Northern Ireland.

1997Busiest: 127 in 20252025
Dahlia in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025127#373
2024114#416
2023106#436
202278#547
202189#516
202069#606
201947#849
201854#786
201742#957
201652#816
201548#854
201445#906
201339#1,007
201223#1,474
201124#1,379
201017#1,757
200916#1,763
200811#2,286
20075#3,858
20068#2,657
20053#4,976
20044#3,916
20033#4,560
20023#4,284
20019#1,974
20000–
19997#2,295
19983#4,026
19973#3,991

How popular is Dahlia in the US?

Rank in 2025
215th among girls
Babies in 2025
1,420 about 1 in 1,100 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 60% in five years
Same name in a class
1.2% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,420 girls in the US were named Dahlia, making it the 215th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 354th. It first appears in the records in 1890.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had the most girls named Dahlia of any year since it first appeared, in 1890.

Half of all the girls named Dahlia in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

1890Busiest: 1,420 in 20252025
Dahlia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,420#215
20241,304#241
20231,228#253
20221,133#279
20211,038#310
2020873#354
2019848#372
2018752#412
2017797#392
2016853#386
2015778#412
2014721#445
2013695#440
2012579#523
2011538#539
2010451#650
2009445#661
2008397#747
2007356#803
2006263#988
2005192#1,191
2004170#1,263
2003177#1,202
2002160#1,242
2001131#1,437
2000137#1,361
1999128#1,376
1998144#1,257
1997124#1,375
1996105#1,517
199570#1,950
199483#1,752
199344#2,720
199254#2,381
199146#2,614
199041#2,794
198948#2,403
198840#2,641
198729#3,166
198636#2,681
198544#2,282
198436#2,573
198336#2,515
198233#2,770
198139#2,447
198049#2,096
197955#1,897
197839#2,305
197759#1,736
197649#1,865
197541#2,097
197435#2,254
197342#1,939
197234#2,222
197142#2,001
197046#1,877
196938#2,023
196829#2,246
196728#2,272
196636#1,916
196524#2,463
196428#2,305
196328#2,251
196235#1,946
196124#2,473
196037#1,854
195926#2,233
195827#2,166
195720#2,562
195623#2,320
195518#2,634
195442#1,559
195331#1,782
195226#1,977
195121#2,181
195032#1,652
194921#2,133
194828#1,777
194719#2,278
194619#2,152
194510#2,915
19446#4,052
194310#3,039
194214#2,415
194117#2,018
19407#3,501
193913#2,300
193820#1,752
19375#4,253
193611#2,520
19358#3,154
19349#2,922
19339#2,867
193216#2,036
193115#2,104
193018#1,933
192916#2,097
192823#1,737
192721#1,884
192623#1,771
192525#1,699
192423#1,810
192323#1,782
192226#1,646
192126#1,668
192022#1,816
191921#1,801
191816#2,208
191719#1,847
191617#1,949
191515#2,049
191417#1,603
191314#1,601
191210#1,843
19117#1,956
19105#2,398
19090–
19080–
19075#2,060
19066#1,727
19055#1,930
19040–
19030–
19020–
19010–
19000–
18996#1,393
18980–
18970–
18968#1,213
18950–
18940–
18930–
18920–
18910–
18905#1,337

Names like Dahlia

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Aria, Willow, Delilah, Emilia, Athena, Fatima, Myla, Harper, Aurora, Sophia, Mila, Zara

Names related to Dahlia

Dalia, Dalilah, Dali, Dalila, Daliah, Daliya, Daila, Daliyah, Dhalia

More English names

Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Grace, Violet, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Dahlia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dahlia, updated 20 October 2026.