Dilys
Dilys is a name with a single cultural origin: Welsh.
- Welsh
Meaning & Origin of Dilys
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dilys is a name with a single cultural origin: Welsh.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Welsh
The Story of Dilys
American parents first put Dilys on the record books as a baby girl name in 1915, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1915, when 5 Dilyss were born — ranking #4,274 that year. About 50% of every Dilys on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Dilys last appeared in the published SSA data in 1946, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 20 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Dilys
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Dilys. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Dylis
Names that sound like Dilys
Phonetically similar names — useful when Dilys is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Dillies
- Deles
- Delays
- Dollies
- Dailies
- Doilies
- Dallies
- Doolies
- Dalys
- Daleys
- Delis
- Dinghies
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Dilys
Dilys is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 20 births in the dataset. Dilys's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #4,274. Use the chart and map above to compare Dilys'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.