Dalila — #1327 US girls' name
5,903 babies named Dalila in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 92% of names given to girls today.
26% of everyone ever named Dalila was born in this single decade.
207 babies were named Dalila in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dalila
The Social Security Administration has registered 5,903 babies named Dalila between 1944 and 2024, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dalila currently holds the #1327 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 207 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dalila performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,525 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Dalila shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,521 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Dalila in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dalila 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 5,903 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.
Dalila at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Dalila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1944
- Peak year (2009)
- 207
- Annual births at peak — across 81 years of records
Currently ranks #1327 among girls.
5,903 total births across 81 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 207 births in a single year.
Dalila by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,525 births that decade — 26% of Dalila's all-time total
Dalila decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,525 births
- Runner-up 1,385 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Dalila's strongest decade
1,525 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Dalila by state
Where Dalila concentrates geographically — total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,521 | 25.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,108 | 18.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 329 | 5.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 314 | 5.3% |
| #5 | Florida | | 199 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 118 | 2.0% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 61 | 1.0% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 56 | 0.9% |
1,521 of 5,903 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 21 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 25.8% of nationwide
- Texas 18.8% of nationwide
- New York 5.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.3% of nationwide
- Florida 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 21 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 25.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Dalila appears in 21 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, 1944–2024 (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.