Idalia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-DAH-lee-a
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,153 for girls
Idalia is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 2,153rd for girls in the US (86 babies).
What does Idalia mean?
Greek: from Idalion, an ancient city in Cyprus
Idalia was a title of Aphrodite, after her sanctuary at Idalion in ancient Cyprus.
Is Idalia a girl's or a boy's name?
Idalia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 86 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Idalia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,675among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Idalia, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Idalia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2023 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Idalia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
How popular is Idalia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,153among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 86about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 234% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 86 girls in the US were named Idalia, making it the 2,153rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,179th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 160 girls. It first appears in the records in 1889.
Half of all the girls named Idalia in the US since 1880 were born between 1969 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 91 girls in the US were given Idalia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,814, up from #2,153 for this spelling alone.
- Idalia 86
- Idaliah 5
Idalia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 | #2,153 |
| 2024 | 118 | #1,719 |
| 2023 | 160 | #1,402 |
| 2022 | 50 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 55 | #3,002 |
| 2020 | 49 | #3,179 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 36 | #4,065 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,996 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 36 | #4,074 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,150 |
| 2010 | 30 | #4,734 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 43 | #3,709 |
| 2007 | 49 | #3,376 |
| 2006 | 47 | #3,413 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,253 |
| 2004 | 49 | #3,123 |
| 2003 | 51 | #2,953 |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,776 |
| 2001 | 57 | #2,631 |
| 2000 | 52 | #2,773 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,988 |
| 1998 | 50 | #2,688 |
| 1997 | 52 | #2,478 |
| 1996 | 55 | #2,369 |
| 1995 | 69 | #1,977 |
| 1994 | 56 | #2,318 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,933 |
| 1992 | 47 | #2,607 |
| 1991 | 44 | #2,697 |
| 1990 | 45 | #2,595 |
| 1989 | 47 | #2,437 |
| 1988 | 37 | #2,798 |
| 1987 | 31 | #3,028 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 40 | #2,439 |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,143 |
| 1983 | 31 | #2,782 |
| 1982 | 34 | #2,704 |
| 1981 | 43 | #2,305 |
| 1980 | 34 | #2,699 |
| 1979 | 40 | #2,343 |
| 1978 | 37 | #2,390 |
| 1977 | 36 | #2,423 |
| 1976 | 38 | #2,210 |
| 1975 | 30 | #2,565 |
| 1974 | 28 | #2,616 |
| 1973 | 26 | #2,689 |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,276 |
| 1971 | 31 | #2,427 |
| 1970 | 40 | #2,043 |
| 1969 | 35 | #2,134 |
| 1968 | 41 | #1,855 |
| 1967 | 30 | #2,167 |
| 1966 | 28 | #2,248 |
| 1965 | 33 | #2,031 |
| 1964 | 35 | #2,010 |
| 1963 | 50 | #1,597 |
| 1962 | 44 | #1,707 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,954 |
| 1960 | 35 | #1,924 |
| 1959 | 23 | #2,394 |
| 1958 | 40 | #1,702 |
| 1957 | 24 | #2,275 |
| 1956 | 36 | #1,759 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,155 |
| 1954 | 27 | #2,026 |
| 1953 | 27 | #1,972 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,501 |
| 1951 | 21 | #2,181 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,780 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,849 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,238 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,033 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,597 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,624 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,154 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,748 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,952 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,278 |
Names like Idalia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Idalia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/idalia, updated 20 October 2026.