Dalia — #861 US girls' name
13,949 babies named Dalia in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 95% of names given to girls today.
21% of everyone ever named Dalia was born in this single decade.
516 babies were named Dalia in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dalia
The Social Security Administration has registered 13,949 babies named Dalia between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dalia currently holds the #861 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 516 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dalia performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,877 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Dalia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,541 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Dalia in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dalia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 13,949 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dalia at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Dalia popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1913
- Peak year (1994)
- 516
- Annual births at peak — across 112 years of records
Currently ranks #861 among girls.
13,949 total births across 112 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 516 births in a single year.
Dalia popularity over time — boys
6 total births recorded since 1996 (Dalia as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Dalia accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dalia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 2,877 births that decade — 21% of Dalia's all-time total
Dalia decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,877 births
- Runner-up 2,754 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Dalia's strongest decade
2,877 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Dalia by state
Where Dalia concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 3,541 | 25.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 3,347 | 24.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,092 | 7.8% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 683 | 4.9% |
| #5 | Florida | | 572 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 285 | 2.0% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 279 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 260 | 1.9% |
3,541 of 13,949 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 25.4% of nationwide
- Texas 24.0% of nationwide
- New York 7.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.9% of nationwide
- Florida 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 29 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 25.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Dalia appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1913–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.