# Dahlia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dahlia/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 19,359 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 19,359 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 961, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the flower dahlia in the 19th century.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 538 | 540 |
| 2012 | 579 | 523 |
| 2013 | 695 | 440 |
| 2014 | 721 | 445 |
| 2015 | 778 | 412 |
| 2016 | 853 | 387 |
| 2017 | 797 | 392 |
| 2018 | 752 | 412 |
| 2019 | 848 | 372 |
| 2020 | 873 | 354 |
| 2021 | 1,038 | 310 |
| 2022 | 1,133 | 279 |
| 2023 | 1,228 | 253 |
| 2024 | 1,304 | 241 |
| 2025 | 1,420 | 215 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 1,327 |
| 2012 | 20 | 1,525 |
| 2013 | 38 | 959 |
| 2014 | 42 | 890 |
| 2015 | 44 | 845 |
| 2016 | 49 | 790 |
| 2017 | 38 | 968 |
| 2018 | 50 | 767 |
| 2019 | 44 | 838 |
| 2020 | 67 | 582 |
| 2021 | 81 | 509 |
| 2022 | 67 | 576 |
| 2023 | 96 | 425 |
| 2024 | 101 | 425 |
| 2025 | 111 | 381 |

## People named Dahlia

- Dahlia Grey, American pornographic actress
- Dahlia Sky, American pornographic actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.