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Dalila

Gender
Girl
Say it
da-LEE-la
Origin
Hebrew
US rank, 2025
#1,525 for girls

Dalila is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,525th for girls in the US (139 babies).

What does Dalila mean?

Hebrew: Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Delilah

The Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Delilah, who betrays Samson in the Book of Judges.

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

Dalila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 139 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Dalila in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 9 girls.

Half of all the girls named Dalila in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

2007Busiest: 9 in 20232024
Dalila in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20243#5,966
20239#2,841
20224#4,870
20215#4,148
20204#4,744
20190–
20185#4,204
20176#3,774
20160–
20150–
20143#5,920
20134#4,953
20123#6,108
20114#4,980
20103#5,938
20090–
20080–
20076#3,396

How popular is Dalila in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,525among girls
Babies in 2025
139about 1 in 12,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 26% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 139 girls in the US were named Dalila, making it the 1,525th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,678th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 207 girls. It first appears in the records in 1944.

Half of all the girls named Dalila in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.

1944Busiest: 207 in 20092025
Dalila in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025139#1,525
2024172#1,331
2023165#1,361
2022124#1,684
2021101#1,943
2020122#1,678
2019110#1,844
2018147#1,488
201789#2,144
2016137#1,605
2015132#1,622
2014153#1,464
2013177#1,321
2012140#1,559
2011143#1,531
2010157#1,443
2009207#1,207
2008206#1,227
2007173#1,387
2006180#1,299
2005158#1,367
2004149#1,396
2003125#1,541
2002114#1,623
2001107#1,684
2000106#1,656
1999113#1,513
199865#2,185
199769#2,042
199671#1,978
199576#1,845
199489#1,670
199381#1,797
199281#1,778
199178#1,812
199081#1,777
198980#1,697
198872#1,755
198772#1,677
198666#1,750
198565#1,739
198477#1,490
198366#1,665
198259#1,822
198153#1,985
198063#1,749
197977#1,517
197856#1,804
197759#1,736
197641#2,099
197569#1,481
197448#1,820
197359#1,570
197232#2,311
197127#2,665
197037#2,160
196927#2,515
196813#3,788
196721#2,706
196621#2,667
196511#3,951
196416#3,243
196321#2,703
196216#3,160
196119#2,838
196027#2,245
195918#2,759
195816#2,971
195715#3,032
195612#3,492
195511#3,570
195410#3,717
195314#2,920
19527#4,482
19518#4,010
19509#3,660
19490–
19480–
19478#4,005
19460–
19450–
19447#3,685

Nicknames for Dalila

Names like Dalila

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

Amira Khadija Eliana Ayla Fatima Safa Aisha Amara Delilah Athena Ava Talia

Names related to Dalila

Dahlia Dalia Dalilah Dali Delila Dalal Daliah Daila Daliyah

More Hebrew names

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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, “Dalila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dalila, updated 20 October 2026.