Dahlila

girls:

284 births since 1998

#5432 (5th percentile)

overall:

284 births since 1998

#7455 (4th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Dahlila is the #7,455 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 284 recorded births since 1998. This represents the 3.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,432 (4.9% percentile) for all time with 284 births since 1998.

Dahlila first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1998 (first recorded for girls in 1998). Birth data for Dahlila is available in 20 out of the 26 years between 1998 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Dahlila reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #954) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 17 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Dahlila ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 34.0% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dahlila".

1998 2023 19982023

Key Statistics

Total Births
284
Peak Births
35
Peak Year
2008
First Recorded
1998
Peak Percentile
3.1%
Current Percentile
0.5%
Peak Rank
#954
Current Rank
#942
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Dahlila

Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Dahlila. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 38.9% confident that Dahlila is pronounced as duh-LEE-luh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is dah-LEE-luh, at 38.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.

dah-LEE-luh (3 syllables)
38.9% confidence
D AA0 L IY1 L AH0
DAH-lee-luh (3 syllables)
8.3% confidence
D AA1 L IY0 L AH0
dah-LAI-luh (3 syllables)
8.3% confidence
D AA0 L AY1 L AH0
DA-lee-luh (3 syllables)
5.6% confidence
D AE1 L IY0 L AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like D AH0 L IY1 L AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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