Idalia
Idalia was given to 86 girls in 2025, #2,162 among girls’ names; 3,338 Americans have been recorded with it since 1889 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,020 Americans named Idalia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (91% of everyone recorded); the median is 31 years old and half are between 14 and 50.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Idalia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Idalia mean?
Wiktionary, Polish section
Idalia is “a female given name from Latin”
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. )
/iˈda.lja/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Polish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Idalia?
#2,162 among girls’ names, 2025
Idalia rose from #5,900 in 2015 to #2,162 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 12.3 to 53.5 per million.
160 babies in 2023, the peak
Idalia peaked in 2023, when 160 girls were given it, #1,404 among girls’ names. The 86 births of 2025 are 54% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 | #2,162 | 53.5 |
| 2024 | 118 | #1,726 | 72.8 |
| 2023 | 160 | #1,404 | 99.7 |
| 2022 | 50 | #3,242 | 30.5 |
| 2021 | 55 | #3,014 | 33.5 |
| 2020 | 49 | #3,198 | 30.3 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,817 | 16.7 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,396 | 18.8 |
| 2017 | 36 | #4,097 | 20.9 |
| 2016 | 37 | #4,032 | 20.9 |
Every recorded year (107)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 22 | #5,900 | 12.3 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,819 | 16.2 |
| 2013 | 36 | #4,103 | 20.5 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,534 | 18.2 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,176 | 19.9 |
| 2010 | 30 | #4,782 | 16.9 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,445 | 14.2 |
| 2008 | 43 | #3,733 | 22.7 |
| 2007 | 49 | #3,398 | 25.5 |
| 2006 | 47 | #3,430 | 24.7 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,283 | 25.4 |
| 2004 | 49 | #3,144 | 26.7 |
| 2003 | 51 | #2,963 | 27.9 |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,794 | 30.1 |
| 2001 | 57 | #2,640 | 31.7 |
| 2000 | 52 | #2,789 | 28.6 |
| 1999 | 44 | #3,010 | 24.8 |
| 1998 | 50 | #2,703 | 28.3 |
| 1997 | 52 | #2,487 | 29.9 |
| 1996 | 55 | #2,380 | 31.4 |
| 1995 | 69 | #1,987 | 39.2 |
| 1994 | 56 | #2,326 | 31.4 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,947 | 22.1 |
| 1992 | 47 | #2,620 | 25.5 |
| 1991 | 44 | #2,704 | 23.5 |
| 1990 | 45 | #2,608 | 23.7 |
| 1989 | 47 | #2,450 | 25.5 |
| 1988 | 37 | #2,815 | 20.8 |
| 1987 | 31 | #3,047 | 17.8 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,800 | 12.8 |
| 1985 | 40 | #2,452 | 23.2 |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,172 | 16.0 |
| 1983 | 31 | #2,803 | 18.6 |
| 1982 | 34 | #2,719 | 20.1 |
| 1981 | 43 | #2,316 | 25.8 |
| 1980 | 34 | #2,711 | 20.5 |
| 1979 | 40 | #2,353 | 24.9 |
| 1978 | 37 | #2,401 | 24.2 |
| 1977 | 36 | #2,437 | 23.5 |
| 1976 | 38 | #2,220 | 25.9 |
| 1975 | 30 | #2,578 | 20.6 |
| 1974 | 28 | #2,636 | 19.1 |
| 1973 | 26 | #2,705 | 17.8 |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,317 | 12.5 |
| 1971 | 31 | #2,442 | 18.6 |
| 1970 | 40 | #2,057 | 22.9 |
| 1969 | 35 | #2,148 | 20.7 |
| 1968 | 41 | #1,864 | 25.0 |
| 1967 | 30 | #2,182 | 18.2 |
| 1966 | 28 | #2,269 | 16.5 |
| 1965 | 33 | #2,041 | 18.7 |
| 1964 | 35 | #2,028 | 18.5 |
| 1963 | 50 | #1,603 | 25.9 |
| 1962 | 44 | #1,712 | 22.4 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,970 | 17.3 |
| 1960 | 35 | #1,935 | 17.3 |
| 1959 | 23 | #2,422 | 11.4 |
| 1958 | 40 | #1,708 | 19.9 |
| 1957 | 24 | #2,305 | 11.7 |
| 1956 | 36 | #1,770 | 17.9 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,182 | 12.8 |
| 1954 | 27 | #2,046 | 13.9 |
| 1953 | 27 | #1,983 | 14.4 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,532 | 9.7 |
| 1951 | 21 | #2,210 | 11.7 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,821 | 8.2 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,906 | 7.6 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,704 | 5.3 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,324 | 6.2 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,107 | 7.0 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,654 | 9.2 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,685 | 9.0 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,617 | 5.7 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,914 | 3.7 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,673 | 4.1 |
| 1940 | 9 | #3,064 | 7.9 |
| 1938 | 6 | #4,044 | 5.4 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,526 | 4.7 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,479 | 4.8 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,278 | 7.6 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,603 | 6.7 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,726 | 6.6 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,866 | 9.4 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,263 | 5.3 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,289 | 5.4 |
| 1928 | 10 | #3,030 | 8.7 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,697 | 6.7 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,713 | 6.7 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,332 | 4.1 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,421 | 4.0 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,684 | 5.0 |
| 1919 | 5 | #5,131 | 4.4 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,364 | 7.8 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,312 | 5.5 |
| 1916 | 6 | #4,129 | 5.7 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,317 | 14.3 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,369 | 28.0 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Idalia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Idalia has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 107 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Idalia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Idalia, and how old are they?
3,020 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 91% of the 3,338 Americans ever recorded as Idalia. The median Idalia alive today is 31 years old; half are between 14 and 50.
The 2020 Census counted 6,615 people named Idalia (6,594 women and girls, 21 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,589 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.6 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 | 38 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 401 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 488 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 650 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 710 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 734 |
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 Idalia born?
The states with the most babies named Idalia are Texas, California and Arizona, with 85% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Arizona is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 18 | #1,376 | 3.8× |
| California | 9 | #2,169 | 1.1× |
| Arizona | 8 | #776 | 0.6× |
| Florida | 6 | #1,995 | 0.3× |
Where Idalia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Idalia is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 3.8 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 Idalia 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 7 names spelled alike, given to 11,516 babies since 1880, Idalia is the second most given (29% of them). In 2025 it was given to 86 of their 116 babies (74%), the most given that year.
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 Idalia
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 Idalia and names like it
- Compare Idalia and IdellaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sIdalia peaked in 2023.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Idalia since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Idalia: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2023The year the most babies were named Idalia.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Idalia alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with IMost given first.