girls:
13.6k births since 1913
#1327 (77th percentile)
boys:
6 births since 1996
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
13.6k births since 1913
#2244 (71st percentile)
The name Dalia is the #2,244 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 13,639 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 71.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 71.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,327 (76.8% percentile) for all time with 13,633 births since 1913. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1996.
Dalia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for girls and 1996 for boys). Birth data for Dalia is available in 108 out of the 111 years between 1913 and 2023 (108 years for girls and 1 years for boys). 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.
The name Dalia has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 100.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Dalia reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 49.3% percentile (ranked #429) with 265 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 265 births per million (ranked 49.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Dalia ranks #665 for girls (29.8% percentile) with 168 births per million, which is 63.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Dalia reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #777) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1996.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dalia".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Dalia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 56.3% confident that Dalia is pronounced as DAHL-yuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAL-yuh, at 14.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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