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Dalila

Girl

Meaning of Dalila: Arabic: 'gentle or flirtatious'

Dalila is a girl's name most strongly associated with Arabic & Persian naming. It has 6 letters and 3 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 1476th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 5891st in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#1476

139 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#5891

3 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

6,042

First recorded 1944 · peak 2009

Trend

stable

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 53 babies1982: 59 babies1983: 66 babies1984: 77 babies1985: 65 babies1986: 66 babies1987: 72 babies1988: 72 babies1989: 80 babies1990: 81 babies19901991: 78 babies1992: 81 babies1993: 81 babies1994: 89 babies1995: 76 babies1996: 71 babies1997: 69 babies1998: 65 babies1999: 113 babies2000: 106 babies20002001: 107 babies2002: 114 babies2003: 125 babies2004: 149 babies2005: 158 babies2006: 180 babies2007: 173 babies2008: 206 babies2009: 207 babies2010: 157 babies20102011: 143 babies2012: 140 babies2013: 177 babies2014: 153 babies2015: 132 babies2016: 137 babies2017: 89 babies2018: 147 babies2019: 110 babies2020: 122 babies20202021: 101 babies2022: 124 babies2023: 165 babies2024: 172 babies2025: 139 babies
US babies named Dalila per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 207.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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