Dalia
- Pronunciation
- [Da-li-a]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Gentle.
- Origin
- Arabic
About the Name Dalia
Dalia is a soft, graceful name with roots in several traditions. In Arabic it is often read as "gentle" and is associated with the grapevine or flowering branch, while in Hebrew it names a leafy bough, and in many languages it evokes the dahlia flower. This cross-cultural reach gives Dalia a warm, botanical beauty and broad international appeal, a name that feels at home across many cultures while keeping a single, lovely, easy-to-say sound.
The name has a notable contemporary bearer in Dalia Grybauskaitė, a Lithuanian economist and politician who served two consecutive terms as President of the Republic of Lithuania from 2009 to 2019, becoming the first woman elected to that office. Her tenure lent the name a quiet association with leadership, intellect, and resolve on the world stage.
In the United States, Dalia has shown remarkable endurance. It first entered the Social Security top-1000 in 2001, peaked in 2003 at rank #752, and remains on the list in 2024 at #862, with 312 girls given the name that year. Across its run it has been given to roughly 4,721 girls who reached the top-1000, a steady and well-loved performer over more than two decades. The recorded variant Dalila offers a longer, lilting alternative for parents who want a more elaborate version of the same gentle name.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Dalia
US Popularity History (2001–2025)
Annual US births named Dalia by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 340 girls named Dalia (girl rank #800 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Dalia Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Dalia the strongest states are California, New Jersey, Illinois.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | #570 | 564 |
| 2 | New Jersey | #664 | 82 |
| 3 | Illinois | #698 | 139 |
| 4 | Massachusetts | #705 | 45 |
| 5 | New York | #746 | 200 |
| 6 | Washington | #763 | 51 |
| 7 | Michigan | #773 | 70 |
| 8 | Maryland | #786 | 32 |
| 9 | Colorado | #791 | 19 |
| 10 | Florida | #805 | 102 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | #1,169 | 24 |
| 2 | North Carolina | #955 | 39 |
| 3 | Texas | #845 | 247 |
| 4 | Arizona | #821 | 46 |
| 5 | Florida | #805 | 102 |
| 6 | Colorado | #791 | 19 |
| 7 | Maryland | #786 | 32 |
| 8 | Michigan | #773 | 70 |
| 9 | Washington | #763 | 51 |
| 10 | New York | #746 | 200 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Dalia in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dalila | Swahili Name Meaning "Gentle." | Female | African |
Famous People Named Dalia
1 notable figure from history and culture who share the name Dalia.
- Dalia Grybauskaitė is the President of Lithuania, and the first individual to be elected twice for the role.
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Compare Dalia to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Dalia against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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