Delailah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- duh-LY-luh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Delailah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Delailah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Delaila, itself a variant of Delilah
In the Book of Judges, Delilah learns the secret of Samson's strength and betrays him to the Philistines.
Meaning borrowed from Delaila.
Is Delailah a girl's or a boy's name?
Delailah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Delailah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Delailah, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Delailah in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Delailah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
Nicknames for Delailah
- Lila 309 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Delailah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hadassah Dalilah Selah Delilah Kaliyah Zaniyah Aaliyah Briella Azariah Neriah Sariyah Taliyah
Names related to Delailah
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Delailah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/delailah, updated 20 October 2026.