Dahlia
Dahlia was given to 1,420 girls in 2025, #215 among girls’ names; 19,359 Americans have been recorded with it since 1890 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 18,500 Americans named Dahlia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (96% of everyone recorded); the median is 9 years old and half are between 4 and 16.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Dahlia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Dahlia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Dahlia is “a female given name from English.”
From the flower dahlia in the 19th century.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Dahlia?
#215 among girls’ names, 2025
Dahlia rose from #412 in 2015 to #215 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.44 to 0.88 per 1,000.
1,420 babies in 2025, the peak
Dahlia peaked in 2025, when 1,420 girls were given it, #215 among girls’ names. In 2024 it went to 1,304 girls.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,420 | #215 | 0.88 |
| 2024 | 1,304 | #241 | 0.80 |
| 2023 | 1,228 | #253 | 0.77 |
| 2022 | 1,133 | #279 | 0.69 |
| 2021 | 1,038 | #310 | 0.63 |
| 2020 | 873 | #354 | 0.54 |
| 2019 | 848 | #372 | 0.51 |
| 2018 | 752 | #412 | 0.44 |
| 2017 | 797 | #392 | 0.46 |
| 2016 | 853 | #387 | 0.48 |
Every recorded year (122)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 778 | #412 | 0.44 |
| 2014 | 721 | #445 | 0.40 |
| 2013 | 695 | #440 | 0.40 |
| 2012 | 579 | #523 | 0.33 |
| 2011 | 538 | #540 | 0.31 |
| 2010 | 451 | #650 | 0.25 |
| 2009 | 445 | #661 | 0.24 |
| 2008 | 397 | #748 | 0.21 |
| 2007 | 356 | #803 | 0.19 |
| 2006 | 263 | #988 | 0.14 |
| 2005 | 192 | #1,193 | 0.10 |
| 2004 | 170 | #1,265 | 0.09 |
| 2003 | 177 | #1,203 | 0.10 |
| 2002 | 160 | #1,242 | 0.09 |
| 2001 | 131 | #1,438 | 0.07 |
| 2000 | 137 | #1,361 | 0.08 |
| 1999 | 128 | #1,379 | 0.07 |
| 1998 | 144 | #1,258 | 0.08 |
| 1997 | 124 | #1,376 | 0.07 |
| 1996 | 105 | #1,519 | 0.06 |
| 1995 | 70 | #1,952 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 83 | #1,752 | 0.05 |
| 1993 | 44 | #2,727 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 54 | #2,393 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 46 | #2,624 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 41 | #2,809 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 48 | #2,416 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 40 | #2,652 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 29 | #3,185 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 36 | #2,690 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 44 | #2,290 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 36 | #2,582 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 36 | #2,523 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 33 | #2,781 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 39 | #2,454 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 49 | #2,102 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 55 | #1,902 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 39 | #2,316 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,741 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 49 | #1,870 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 41 | #2,103 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 35 | #2,260 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,948 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 34 | #2,234 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 42 | #2,008 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 46 | #1,880 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 38 | #2,032 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 29 | #2,256 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 28 | #2,283 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 36 | #1,925 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 24 | #2,480 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 28 | #2,314 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 28 | #2,262 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,952 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 24 | #2,483 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 37 | #1,858 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 26 | #2,241 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 27 | #2,170 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 20 | #2,576 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 23 | #2,332 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 18 | #2,647 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 42 | #1,563 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,790 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,985 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 21 | #2,190 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 32 | #1,656 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 21 | #2,152 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 28 | #1,785 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 19 | #2,293 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 19 | #2,172 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,951 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,157 | under 0.01 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,080 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,444 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 17 | #2,033 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,570 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,323 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,765 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,382 | under 0.01 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,553 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,212 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,966 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,921 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 16 | #2,051 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,126 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,953 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 16 | #2,116 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 23 | #1,742 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 21 | #1,896 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,786 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 25 | #1,702 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,819 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,791 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 26 | #1,653 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,682 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,830 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,812 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 16 | #2,222 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,860 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,965 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 15 | #2,067 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,613 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,614 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,873 | 0.02 |
| 1911 | 7 | #2,011 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,496 | 0.01 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,138 | 0.02 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,782 | 0.02 |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,003 | 0.02 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,443 | 0.03 |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,229 | 0.03 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,376 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Dahlia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Dahlia has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 122 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Dahlia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Dahlia, and how old are they?
18,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 96% of the 19,359 Americans ever recorded as Dahlia. The median Dahlia alive today is 9 years old; half are between 4 and 16.
The 2020 Census counted 11,696 people named Dahlia (11,673 women and girls, 23 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 11,916 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 60 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 395 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 602 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 764 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,350 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 12,400 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Dahlia born?
The states with the most babies named Dahlia are California, Texas and New York, with 35% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 237 | #128 | 1.7× |
| Texas | 174 | #189 | 1.0× |
| New York | 74 | #232 | 1.1× |
| Florida | 72 | #263 | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 55 | #180 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 45 | #239 | 0.5× |
| Washington | 44 | #165 | 1.1× |
| Arizona | 43 | #146 | 1.1× |
| Michigan | 38 | #236 | 0.7× |
| Georgia | 36 | #283 | 0.5× |
Where Dahlia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Dahlia is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Dahlia with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 44,673 babies since 1880, Dahlia is the most given (43% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,420 of their 2,085 babies (68%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Dahlia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Dahlia and names like it
- Compare Dahlia and DaliaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sDahlia peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Dahlia since 1910.
- English namesWiktionary’s origin for Dahlia: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Dahlia.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Dahlia alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with DMost given first.