How rare is the name Dalila?

8,048 people in the United States have the first name Dalila, about 1 in 37,529. It ranks #2,861 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DALILA

#2,861

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,048
About
1 in 37,529
This common or more
81%
Who bears it

Of the 8,048 people named Dalila, 81.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 11.8% as White and 4.8% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Dalila peaked in 2009, when 207 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19442025
Peak year
2009
Births that year
207
In 2025*
139 ▼33%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,042 babies have been given the name since 1944. 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.

Dalila by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,480. The largest share of babies named Dalila, 36.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1940s#10,03915
1950s#5,293120
1960s#4,470192
1970s#2,951505
1980s#2,811673
1990s#3,084804
2000s#2,4801,525
2010s#2,8371,385
2020s#2,854823
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–643.8%
Generation X 1965–8010.9%
Millennials 1981–9619.3%
Generation Z 1997–1236.6%
2013 and later29.3%

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 Dalila is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dalila has been most common in California (3.9×), Texas (3.7×), and Arizona (2.4×), and least common in North Carolina (0.49×).

3,964 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 Dalila

#2,859 Boston · 8,054#2,860 Dong · 8,051#2,862 Lisbeth · 8,040#2,863 Loan · 8,034

Spelled almost the same

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

#5,762 Dalilah · 2,892#24,147 Dalyla · 401#34,154 Dahlila · 240

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