girls:
5.7k births since 1944
#2204 (61st percentile)
overall:
5.7k births since 1944
#3593 (54th percentile)
The name Dalila is the #3,593 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,731 recorded births since 1944. This represents the 53.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 53.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,204 (61.4% percentile) for all time with 5,731 births since 1944.
Dalila first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1944 (first recorded for girls in 1944). Birth data for Dalila is available in 76 out of the 80 years between 1944 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, Dalila reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 21.0% percentile (ranked #758) with 102 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 102 births per million (ranked 21.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Dalila ranks #787 for girls (16.9% percentile) with 94 births per million, which is 92.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dalila".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Dalila. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 64.9% confident that Dalila is pronounced as duh-LEE-luh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is duh-LAI-luh, at 35.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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