Dalilah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- da-LY-la
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,173 for girls
Dalilah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 1,173rd for girls in the US (197 babies).
What does Dalilah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Delilah or Dalila
A spelling of Delilah, who discovers the secret of Samson's strength in the Book of Judges.
Is Dalilah a girl's or a boy's name?
Dalilah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 197 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dalilah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 233% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Dalilah, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Dalilah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Dalilah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
How popular is Dalilah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,173rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 197 about 1 in 8,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 197 girls in the US were named Dalilah, making it the 1,173rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,093rd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 263 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
2025 had fewer girls named Dalilah than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Dalilah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 243 girls in the US were given Dalilah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #950, up from #1,173 for this spelling alone.
Dalilah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 197 | #1,173 |
| 2024 | 238 | #1,050 |
| 2023 | 219 | #1,120 |
| 2022 | 210 | #1,157 |
| 2021 | 210 | #1,162 |
| 2020 | 223 | #1,093 |
| 2019 | 190 | #1,233 |
| 2018 | 202 | #1,186 |
| 2017 | 179 | #1,308 |
| 2016 | 235 | #1,094 |
| 2015 | 214 | #1,175 |
| 2014 | 240 | #1,068 |
| 2013 | 253 | #988 |
| 2012 | 253 | #999 |
| 2011 | 225 | #1,090 |
| 2010 | 241 | #1,035 |
| 2009 | 257 | #1,019 |
| 2008 | 263 | #1,005 |
| 2007 | 181 | #1,340 |
| 2006 | 113 | #1,809 |
| 2005 | 113 | #1,740 |
| 2004 | 93 | #1,987 |
| 2003 | 81 | #2,141 |
| 2002 | 69 | #2,328 |
| 2001 | 62 | #2,483 |
| 2000 | 55 | #2,668 |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,566 |
| 1998 | 37 | #3,298 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
Nicknames for Dalilah
- Lila 309 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Dalilah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Nusaybah, Safa, Ayah, Zainab, Sumayyah, Hadassah, Amira, Ruqayyah, Khadija, Raya, Hafsa
Other spellings of Dalilah
Names related to Dalilah
Delilah, Dahlia, Dalia, Delila, Dalal, Dalila, Daliah, Daliya, Daila, Daliyah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Dalilah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dalilah, updated 20 October 2026.