Delylah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- deh-LY-la
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #2,607 for girls
Delylah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “delicate, languishing”. In 2025 it ranked 2,607th for girls in the US (66 babies).
What does Delylah mean?
Hebrew: 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.
Is Delylah a girl's or a boy's name?
Delylah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 66 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Delylah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 5 girls.
Delylah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
How popular is Delylah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,607among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 66about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 66 girls in the US were named Delylah, making it the 2,607th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 98 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Delylah than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Delylah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 85 girls in the US were given Delylah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,892, up from #2,607 for this spelling alone.
- Delylah 66
- Delyla 19
Delylah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #2,607 |
| 2024 | 68 | #2,585 |
| 2023 | 74 | #2,415 |
| 2022 | 93 | #2,068 |
| 2021 | 93 | #2,057 |
| 2020 | 98 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 93 | #2,043 |
| 2018 | 87 | #2,159 |
| 2017 | 79 | #2,320 |
| 2016 | 89 | #2,168 |
| 2015 | 82 | #2,278 |
| 2014 | 84 | #2,236 |
| 2013 | 82 | #2,259 |
| 2012 | 85 | #2,205 |
| 2011 | 69 | #2,588 |
| 2010 | 78 | #2,405 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,891 |
| 2008 | 77 | #2,462 |
| 2007 | 61 | #2,930 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
Nicknames for Delylah
- Lila 309 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Delylah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Delilah Nusaybah Eden Raya Tallulah Aaliyah Elodie Maeva Eliana Neriah Sienna Ayah
Other spellings of Delylah
Names related to Delylah
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, “Delylah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/delylah, updated 20 October 2026.