Delyla
Girl · deh-LY-la · Hebrew
Delyla is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “delicate, languishing”. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Delyla mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Delylah, itself a spelling of Delilah
“delicate, languishing”
In the Book of Judges, Delilah learns that Samson's strength lies in his hair and betrays him to the Philistines.
- Say it
- deh-LY-la
Meaning borrowed from Delylah.
Is Delyla a girl's or a boy's name?
Delyla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Delyla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Delyla, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the girls named Delyla in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 85 girls in the US were given Delyla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,892, up from #6,115 for this spelling alone.
- Delylah 66
- Delyla 19
Delyla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,011 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,161 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 35 | #4,143 |
| 2014 | 33 | #4,348 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 36 | #4,106 |
| 2009 | 39 | #3,943 |
| 2008 | 43 | #3,709 |
| 2007 | 32 | #4,566 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
Nicknames for Delyla
- Lila 309 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Delyla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Delyla
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