Dalilah
Dalilah or Dalila is a feminine given name, a variant of the Hebrew name Delilah. It may refer to:
Meaning & Origin of Dalilah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dalilah or Dalila is a feminine given name, a variant of the Hebrew name Delilah. It may refer to:
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The Story of Dalilah
Dalilah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1970, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2008, when 263 Dalilahs were born — ranking #1,005 that year. As of 2026, Dalilah ranks #1,059 for baby girls with 234 births, gradually rising (+13%). In total, more than 5K Dalilahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Dalilah
Dalilah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Dalilah's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #988. Use the chart and map above to compare Dalilah'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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