girls:
4.7k births since 1970
#2477 (57th percentile)
overall:
4.7k births since 1970
#3987 (48th percentile)
The name Dalilah is the #3,987 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,697 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 48.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 48.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,477 (56.7% percentile) for all time with 4,697 births since 1970.
Dalilah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (first recorded for girls in 1970). Birth data for Dalilah is available in 50 out of the 54 years between 1970 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, Dalilah reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 26.6% percentile (ranked #684) with 131 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 131 births per million (ranked 26.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Dalilah is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #733 (22.6% percentile) with 125 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dalilah".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Dalilah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Dalilah is pronounced as duh-LEE-luh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is duh-LAI-luh, at 39.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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