Delayla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- deh-LAY-la
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Delayla is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “delicate”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Delayla mean?
Hebrew: respelling of Delilah, perhaps blended with Layla
“delicate”
Delilah is the woman in the Book of Judges who discovers the secret of Samson's strength.
Is Delayla a girl's or a boy's name?
Delayla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Delayla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Delayla, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
2025 had fewer girls named Delayla than any year since 2004.
Half of all the girls named Delayla in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Delayla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
Names like Delayla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Briella Daleyza Elianna Ivanna Liora Isabella Eliana Seraphina Zamira Amoura Delilah Ariella
Names related to Delayla
Della Delylah Dalylah Delyla Dalyla Dalayla Delaila Delailah
More Hebrew names
Noah Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo
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, “Delayla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/delayla, updated 20 October 2026.