Dalia
Dalia was given to 340 girls in 2025, #800 among girls’ names; 14,297 Americans have been recorded with it since 1913 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 13,400 Americans named Dalia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (94% of everyone recorded); the median is 25 years old and half are between 13 and 38.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Dalia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Dalia mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Dalia is “a female given name, equivalent to English Dahlia”
/ˈdalja/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Dalia?
#800 among girls’ names, 2025
Dalia rose from #1,035 in 2015 to #800 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.14 to 0.21 per 1,000.
516 babies in 1994, the peak
Dalia peaked in 1994, when 516 girls were given it, #485 among girls’ names. The 340 births of 2025 are 66% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 340 | #800 | 0.21 |
| 2024 | 315 | #858 | 0.19 |
| 2023 | 296 | #902 | 0.18 |
| 2022 | 337 | #832 | 0.21 |
| 2021 | 293 | #915 | 0.18 |
| 2020 | 230 | #1,074 | 0.14 |
| 2019 | 247 | #1,036 | 0.15 |
| 2018 | 242 | #1,058 | 0.14 |
| 2017 | 255 | #1,016 | 0.15 |
| 2016 | 243 | #1,074 | 0.14 |
Every recorded year (110)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 258 | #1,035 | 0.14 |
| 2014 | 283 | #949 | 0.16 |
| 2013 | 235 | #1,056 | 0.13 |
| 2012 | 252 | #1,006 | 0.14 |
| 2011 | 269 | #952 | 0.15 |
| 2010 | 262 | #973 | 0.15 |
| 2009 | 273 | #974 | 0.15 |
| 2008 | 298 | #920 | 0.16 |
| 2007 | 303 | #907 | 0.16 |
| 2006 | 315 | #851 | 0.17 |
| 2005 | 318 | #812 | 0.17 |
| 2004 | 300 | #829 | 0.16 |
| 2003 | 331 | #752 | 0.18 |
| 2002 | 250 | #896 | 0.14 |
| 2001 | 281 | #826 | 0.16 |
| 2000 | 208 | #1,013 | 0.11 |
| 1999 | 261 | #827 | 0.15 |
| 1998 | 273 | #786 | 0.15 |
| 1997 | 288 | #741 | 0.17 |
| 1996 | 318 | #687 | 0.18 |
| 1995 | 476 | #513 | 0.27 |
| 1994 | 516 | #485 | 0.29 |
| 1993 | 178 | #1,033 | 0.10 |
| 1992 | 141 | #1,230 | 0.08 |
| 1991 | 148 | #1,178 | 0.08 |
| 1990 | 155 | #1,121 | 0.08 |
| 1989 | 123 | #1,278 | 0.07 |
| 1988 | 130 | #1,173 | 0.07 |
| 1987 | 106 | #1,302 | 0.06 |
| 1986 | 105 | #1,285 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 117 | #1,202 | 0.07 |
| 1984 | 97 | #1,286 | 0.06 |
| 1983 | 115 | #1,153 | 0.07 |
| 1982 | 117 | #1,172 | 0.07 |
| 1981 | 111 | #1,189 | 0.07 |
| 1980 | 94 | #1,341 | 0.06 |
| 1979 | 111 | #1,186 | 0.07 |
| 1978 | 104 | #1,202 | 0.07 |
| 1977 | 101 | #1,208 | 0.07 |
| 1976 | 94 | #1,208 | 0.06 |
| 1975 | 83 | #1,318 | 0.06 |
| 1974 | 94 | #1,187 | 0.06 |
| 1973 | 79 | #1,293 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 93 | #1,162 | 0.06 |
| 1971 | 75 | #1,407 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 93 | #1,208 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 82 | #1,235 | 0.05 |
| 1968 | 99 | #1,058 | 0.06 |
| 1967 | 84 | #1,156 | 0.05 |
| 1966 | 72 | #1,275 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 79 | #1,209 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 109 | #1,035 | 0.06 |
| 1963 | 89 | #1,158 | 0.05 |
| 1962 | 87 | #1,179 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 105 | #1,067 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 104 | #1,053 | 0.05 |
| 1959 | 82 | #1,177 | 0.04 |
| 1958 | 82 | #1,173 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 76 | #1,212 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 95 | #1,051 | 0.05 |
| 1955 | 90 | #1,062 | 0.05 |
| 1954 | 81 | #1,094 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 70 | #1,156 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 72 | #1,108 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 63 | #1,179 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 46 | #1,352 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 47 | #1,339 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 38 | #1,500 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,763 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,656 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,802 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,754 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 28 | #1,599 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 17 | #2,132 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,827 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,700 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,752 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,134 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,859 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,172 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,676 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,314 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,482 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,159 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,892 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 17 | #2,034 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,215 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,211 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 19 | #2,038 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 17 | #2,181 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,645 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 18 | #2,159 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,499 | under 0.01 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,727 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,282 | under 0.01 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,759 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,395 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,929 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,081 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,898 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Dalia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Dalia has been given almost only to girls: 6 boys in 110 years of records.
Girls and boys named Dalia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Dalia, and how old are they?
13,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 94% of the 14,297 Americans ever recorded as Dalia. The median Dalia alive today is 25 years old; half are between 13 and 38.
The 2020 Census counted 19,080 people named Dalia (19,027 women and girls, 53 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 11,893 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.6 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 104 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,110 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,340 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,890 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,430 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,550 |
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 Dalia born?
The states with the most babies named Dalia are California, Texas and New York, with 51% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 80 | #415 | 2.1× |
| Texas | 37 | #804 | 2.6× |
| New York | 29 | #570 | 1.1× |
| Florida | 27 | #635 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 20 | #500 | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 13 | #589 | 0.7× |
| Arizona | 9 | #700 | 1.1× |
| Michigan | 9 | #803 | 0.5× |
| Virginia | 9 | #782 | 0.3× |
| Minnesota | 9 | #557 | 0.1× |
Where Dalia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Dalia is most over-represented in Texas: since 1913 it was given 2.6 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 Dalia 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 49,923 babies since 1880, Dalia is the second most given (29% of them). In 2025 it was given to 340 of their 2,299 babies (15%), again the second 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 Dalia
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 Dalia and names like it
- Compare Dalia and DahliaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sDalia peaked in 1994.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Dalia since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Dalia: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1994The year the most babies were named Dalia.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Dalia alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with DMost given first.