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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Dalylah

Dalylah was the 4903rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 27 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 3736th with 40 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 385 places. More babies were named Dalylah in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#4,903 girls, down 234 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
27girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
201940 babies
Total since 1880
611babies recorded

Dalylah popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#4,90327
2020#4,66928
2010#4,32734
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How popular is Dalylah, counting every spelling?

Dalylah is a spelling of Dalilah, a name family that ranked #989 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #4,903 for Dalylah on its own. Together these spellings went to 243 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Dalilah197#1,1751,074
Dalylah27#4,903145
Dalyla19#6,17292

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Dalylah?

27 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Dalylah (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Dalylah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 310 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Dalylah.

Chance of another Dalylah in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inCaliforniaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Dalylah?

About 600 people born in the US named Dalylah are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 6 and 16. That makes Dalylah a young name: most people with it are children.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Dalylah by state

How common Dalylah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesIL0.02Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Dalylah, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Dalylah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Dalylah, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Dalylah

How popular is the name Dalylah?

Dalylah was the 4903rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 27 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 3736th with 40 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 385 places. More babies were named Dalylah in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Dalylah a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Dalylah in the US.

Where is Dalylah most popular?

In 2021–2025, Dalylah was most common in Illinois (0.02 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Texas.