How rare is the name Dahlia?

11,696 people in the United States have the first name Dahlia, about 1 in 25,823. It ranks #2,236 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DAHLIA

#2,236

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,696
About
1 in 25,823
This common or more
79.1%
Who bears it

Of the 11,696 people named Dahlia, 38.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 38.1% as White and 11.8% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Dahlia peaked in 2025, when 1,420 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18902025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
1,420
In 2025*
1,420
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 19,359 babies have been given the name since 1890. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Dahlia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #570. The largest share of babies named Dahlia, 64.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1890s#2,92519
1900s#3,84016
1910s#3,337141
1920s#3,203228
1930s#4,140124
1940s#3,966151
1950s#3,391266
1960s#3,441307
1970s#3,208442
1980s#4,024390
1990s#2,996839
2000s#1,7812,428
2010s#8817,012
2020s#5706,996
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–271.8%
Silent Generation 1928–451.2%
Baby boom 1946–642.6%
Generation X 1965–803.3%
Millennials 1981–964%
Generation Z 1997–1222.7%
2013 and later64.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Dahlia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dahlia has been most common in Nevada (3.6×), California (2.4×), and Oregon (2.2×), and least common in Alabama (0.26×).

16,588 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Dahlia

#2,234 Kacey · 11,711#2,235 Anaya · 11,706#2,237 Samira · 11,693#2,238 Christin · 11,676

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dahlia, most common first.

#1,647 Dalia · 19,080

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