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Dalilah

100% girls · 197 born in 2025

Dalilah has been given to about 5,135 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2008, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables3
Pronunciation
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 5,102
Median age today13 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Dalilah per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2008 · 263
  • Born in 2025197
  • All time5,135
  • England & Wales, 20256

How popular is Dalilah?

Its best year was 2008, when 263 babies were given the name, ranking 1007th. The typical living American called Dalilah is about 13 years old today. It is relatively most common in Colorado, where it accounts for 0.02% of births.

Names that sound like Dalilah

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Delilah0.84
  2. Aliyah0.79
  3. Maliyah0.79
  4. Dalila0.79
  5. Kaliyah0.79
  6. Jaliyah0.79
  7. Taliyah0.79
  8. Lailah0.79

Middle names for Dalilah

Ranked by flow score
  1. Dalilah Eve0.82
  2. Dalilah Anne0.80
  3. Dalilah Rose0.79
  4. Dalilah Louise0.79
  5. Dalilah June0.78
  6. Dalilah Pearl0.78

Sibling names for Dalilah

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Bodebrother · 0.98
  2. Fisherbrother · 0.98
  3. Soleilsister · 0.98
  4. Koenbrother · 0.98
  5. Elinasister · 0.97
  6. Ayaneither · 0.97

Where Dalilah is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. Colorado0.02%
  2. Illinois0.01%
  3. Alabama0.01%
  4. California0.01%
  5. Virginia0.01%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Dalilah White0.74
  2. Dalilah Reyes0.74
  3. Dalilah Nguyen0.74
  4. Dalilah Moore0.74
  5. Dalilah Lee0.74
  6. Dalilah Green0.74

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Dalilah

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025
  3. France1900–2025

Dalilah across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.