How rare is the name Idalia?

6,615 people in the United States have the first name Idalia, about 1 in 45,659. It ranks #3,241 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

IDALIA

#3,241

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,615
About
1 in 45,659
This common or more
82%
Who bears it

Of the 6,615 people named Idalia, 95.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% as White and 1.5% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Idalia peaked in 2023, when 160 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18892025
Peak year
2023
Births that year
160
In 2025*
86 ▼46%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,338 babies have been given the name since 1889. 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.

Idalia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #3,096. The largest share of babies named Idalia, 22.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#3,1215
1910s#7,03232
1920s#7,64548
1930s#6,36354
1940s#5,19095
1950s#3,472255
1960s#3,096366
1970s#3,879325
1980s#4,372346
1990s#4,240502
2000s#5,541475
2010s#7,696317
2020s#3,916518
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–271.9%
Silent Generation 1928–453.6%
Baby boom 1946–6414.9%
Generation X 1965–8015.8%
Millennials 1981–9620%
Generation Z 1997–1221.5%
2013 and later22.1%

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 Idalia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Idalia has been most common in Texas (7.3×), California (2.1×), and New York (1.7×), and least common in Illinois (0.45×).

1,907 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 Idalia

#3,239 Arun · 6,629#3,240 Nixon · 6,618#3,242 Effie · 6,614#3,243 Harriett · 6,611

Spelled almost the same

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

#22,581 Idali · 440#33,489 Idelia · 247#50,309 Idalie · 120

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