# Delilah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/delilah/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “[she who] weakened” |
| Pronunciation | /dɪˈlaɪlə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 66,683 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 66,683 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 10,278, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew דְּלִילָה (d'līla, “[she who] weakened”).

## 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 | 1,838 | 171 |
| 2012 | 2,096 | 154 |
| 2013 | 2,347 | 135 |
| 2014 | 2,514 | 130 |
| 2015 | 2,740 | 115 |
| 2016 | 2,743 | 115 |
| 2017 | 2,898 | 102 |
| 2018 | 3,012 | 92 |
| 2019 | 3,158 | 88 |
| 2020 | 3,424 | 70 |
| 2021 | 3,761 | 58 |
| 2022 | 3,874 | 58 |
| 2023 | 4,049 | 52 |
| 2024 | 4,254 | 50 |
| 2025 | 4,137 | 51 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 146 | 328 |
| 2012 | 210 | 238 |
| 2013 | 237 | 214 |
| 2014 | 293 | 179 |
| 2015 | 330 | 166 |
| 2016 | 399 | 142 |
| 2017 | 444 | 128 |
| 2018 | 601 | 90 |
| 2019 | 695 | 76 |
| 2020 | 801 | 62 |
| 2021 | 981 | 50 |
| 2022 | 1,054 | 44 |
| 2023 | 1,194 | 32 |
| 2024 | 1,180 | 33 |
| 2025 | 1,180 | 32 |

## 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.