Dahlila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- dah-LYE-luh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Dahlila is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
Where does Dahlila come from?
Modern: blend of Dahlia and Delilah
Is Dahlila a girl's or a boy's name?
Dahlila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dahlila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Dahlila, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Dahlila in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dahlila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 35 | #4,359 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
Names like Dahlila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Amoura, Zayla, Kaliyah, Safa, Zahara, Zamira, Zaliyah, Amira, Zhamira, Jaliyah, Aaliyah
Names related to Dahlila
Dahlia, Dalia, Dalilah, Dalila, Daila, Delila, Daliah, Dalyla
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Dahlila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dahlila, updated 20 October 2026.