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Dalilah

Girl

Meaning of Dalilah: Arabic: 'delicate'

Dalilah is a girl's name most strongly associated with Arabic & Persian naming. It has 7 letters and 3 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 1136th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 5891st in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#1136

197 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#5891

3 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

5,135

First recorded 1970 · peak 2008

Trend

stable

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 10 babies1982: 8 babies1983: 12 babies1984: 7 babies1985: 11 babies1986: 0 babies1987: 10 babies1988: 13 babies1989: 7 babies1990: 8 babies19901991: 6 babies1992: 13 babies1993: 11 babies1994: 9 babies1995: 23 babies1996: 25 babies1997: 25 babies1998: 37 babies1999: 34 babies2000: 55 babies20002001: 62 babies2002: 69 babies2003: 81 babies2004: 93 babies2005: 113 babies2006: 113 babies2007: 181 babies2008: 263 babies2009: 257 babies2010: 241 babies20102011: 225 babies2012: 253 babies2013: 253 babies2014: 240 babies2015: 214 babies2016: 235 babies2017: 179 babies2018: 202 babies2019: 190 babies2020: 223 babies20202021: 210 babies2022: 210 babies2023: 219 babies2024: 238 babies2025: 197 babies
US babies named Dalilah per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 263.

Gender split

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

Origins & cultures

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