Dilara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- dee-LAH-ra
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,512 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,459 for girls
Dilara is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “adorning the heart”. In 2025 it ranked 1,512th for girls in the UK (21 babies) and 4,459th for girls in the US (31 babies).
What does Dilara mean?
Persian: Turkish name, from Persian dil, heart, and ara, adorning
“adorning the heart”
A Turkish name built on the Persian word dil, heart.
Is Dilara a girl's or a boy's name?
Dilara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the UK and 31 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dilara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,512th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were named Dilara, making it the 1,512th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,389th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 29 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Dilara than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Dilara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,454th in England and Wales.
Dilara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,512 |
| 2024 | 29 | #1,208 |
| 2023 | 25 | #1,360 |
| 2022 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,393 |
| 2020 | 24 | #1,389 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,853 |
| 2015 | 22 | #1,527 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,696 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,679 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,614 |
| 2005 | 19 | #1,332 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,238 |
| 2003 | 20 | #1,216 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,280 |
| 2001 | 27 | #910 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,290 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1998 | 19 | #1,158 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,520 |
How popular is Dilara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,459th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31 about 1 in 52,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 75% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the US were named Dilara, making it the 4,459th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Dilara in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dilara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #4,459 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
Names like Dilara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiara, Sienna, Maeva, Amara, Orla, Anaya, Amira, Safa, Khadija, Syeda, Dua, Ayla
Names related to Dilara
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman
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, “Dilara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dilara, updated 20 October 2026.