Dahlia
Dahlia is a feminine given name derived from the name for the flower, which was named in honor of the Swedish botanist Anders Dahl. His surname is of Germanic origin and refers to a person who lived in a valley. It is also a spelling variant of the name Dalia, which is also a Hebrew name meaning “hanging branch”.
Meaning & Origin of Dahlia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dahlia is a feminine given name derived from the name for the flower, which was named in honor of the Swedish botanist Anders Dahl. His surname is of Germanic origin and refers to a person who lived in a valley. It is also a spelling variant of the name Dalia, which is also a Hebrew name meaning “hanging branch”.
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The Story of Dahlia
Dahlia first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1890, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2026, when 1,400 Dahlias were born — ranking #221 that year. As of 2026, Dahlia ranks #221 for baby girls with 1,400 births, rising sharply (+49% over the past five years). In total, more than 21K Dahlias have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1890s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Dahlia
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- Dahlia Adler , American author
- Dahlia Duhaney (born 1970), Jamaican retired sprinter and Olympian
- Dahlia Elsayed (born 1969), American painter, writer, and teaching artist
- Dahlia Greidinger (1926–1979), Israeli scientist
- Dahlia Harris , Jamaican actress, television and radio personality, public speaker, and film and theatre director
- Dahlia Lithwick , Canadian-American lawyer, writer, and journalist
- Dahlia Malkhi , Israeli-American computer scientist
- Dahlia Mokbel (born 1969), Egyptian synchronized swimmer and Olympian
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Names that sound like Dahlia
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About the name Dahlia
Dahlia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1890 and has accumulated 21K births in the dataset. Dahlia's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #221. Use the chart and map above to compare Dahlia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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