Girls' name · since 2011
Dahliah
Since 2011, U.S. Social Security records show 32 babies named Dahliah, peaking in 2016. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #40,146 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,414 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 32
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
Dahliah currently ranks #16414 among girls' names in America, with 32 babies recorded since 2011.
Dahliah has 32 recorded births among girls since 2011, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16414 as of the latest data, more common than 5% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.
- #40,146 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,414 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 32 born since 2011
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dahliah ranks #40,146 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,414 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 32 born since 2011, peaking in the 2010s.
- #40,146 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,414 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 32
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
Dahliah's 32 recorded births place it above 44.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Dahliah compares
32 11th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Dahliah's all-time total is 91% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dahliah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 32 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dahliah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dahliah's full recorded timeline at 2017, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dahliah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Dahliah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (27 births, 84% of the file).
2010s was Dahliah's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 84% of all-time use.
Dahliah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
27 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 27 births (84% of all-time use).
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What to do with Dahliah's data
- Dahliah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (27 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dahliah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~14 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2011–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dahliah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.