How rare is the name Dalia?

19,080 people in the United States have the first name Dalia, about 1 in 15,830. It ranks #1,647 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DALIA

#1,647

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
19,080
About
1 in 15,830
This common or more
76.2%
Who bears it

Of the 19,080 people named Dalia, 70.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 23.4% as White and 3.2% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Dalia peaked in 1994, when 516 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19132025
Peak year
1994
Births that year
516
In 2025*
340 ▼34%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 14,297 babies have been given the name since 1913. 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.

Dalia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,382. The largest share of babies named Dalia, 31.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#7,11431
1920s#4,570129
1930s#3,589158
1940s#2,835276
1950s#1,936757
1960s#1,894910
1970s#2,049927
1980s#2,0481,115
1990s#1,3822,760
2000s#1,5742,877
2010s#1,8722,546
2020s#1,6891,811
Greatest Generation 1901–270.9%
Silent Generation 1928–452.2%
Baby boom 1946–649.8%
Generation X 1965–8010.1%
Millennials 1981–9620.7%
Generation Z 1997–1231.3%
2013 and later25%

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 Dalia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dalia has been most common in Texas (3.8×), California (3.1×), and Arizona (2.1×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.13×).

11,592 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.

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dalia, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Dalia ranks #33,067 of 156,621, with 743 people. See Dalia as a last name

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