Dilys
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DIL-is
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
Dilys is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “genuine; steadfast”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies).
What does Dilys mean?
Welsh: Welsh word dilys
“genuine; steadfast”
Dilys Powell was the Sunday Times film critic for nearly four decades.
Is Dilys a girl's or a boy's name?
Dilys is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dilys in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Dilys, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Dilys in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Dilys in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
Names like Dilys
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Daisy Lily Freya Iris Evie Gracie Millie Hallie Isla Lyla Phoebe Maisie
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dilys: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dilys, updated 20 October 2026.