Girls' name · since 1965
Daliah
Daliah has 962 recorded births since 1965 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3417
- among girls today
- 962
- born since 1965
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 81%
- more common than other girls
962 babies have been named Daliah since 1965, making it today's #3417 girls' name.
Daliah has 962 recorded births among girls since 1965, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3417 as of the latest data, more common than 81% 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 1965 to 2025.
- #3417 among girls today
- 962 born since 1965
- 2010s peak decade
- 81% more common than other girls
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
Daliah is currently the #3417 girls' name in America, more common than 81% of girls - 962 born since 1965, peaking in the 2010s.
- #3417
- among girls today
- 962
- born since 1965
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 81%
- more common than other girls
Daliah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
More common than 81% of names given to girls today.
44% of everyone ever named Daliah was born in this single decade.
53 babies were named Daliah in 2019 - its busiest year on record.
How Daliah compares
962 Top 32% higher than 68% of 17,726 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
Daliah's all-time total is 152% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Daliah | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 962 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 53 | 48 | 19,840 |
Daliah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Daliah's full recorded timeline at 2009, 75% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 25% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1969, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 53 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Daliah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Daliah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 53
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Currently ranks #3417 among girls.
962 total births across 61 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 53 births in a single year.
Daliah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Daliah's strongest decade.
419 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Daliah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 20
1960s
20 births
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1990s 50
1990s
50 births
- 2000s
2000s
191 births
- 2010s
2010s
419 births
- 2020s
2020s
269 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 419 births (44% of all-time use).
Daliah decade highlights
- Peak decade 419 births
- Runner-up 269 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Daliah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Daliah's total volume
Daliah vs 15 similarly-sized girls names
Daliah by state
Where Daliah concentrates geographically, total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 179 | 18.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 63 | 6.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 23 | 2.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.5% |
179 of 962 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 18.6% of nationwide
- Texas 6.5% of nationwide
- New York 2.4% of nationwide
- Florida 1.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 18.6% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Daliah's data
- Daliah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (419 total births) through the 2020s (269) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Daliahs (179 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1965–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Daliah: #3417 Girls' Name - 962 Births, Peak 2019." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/daliah. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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