Dahlia
#215 for girls in 2025, 1,420 births
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 1,420 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 19,359since 1890
Dahlia over time
Rank among girls' names. Dahlia has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #215 | 1,420 |
| 2024 | #241 | 1,304 |
| 2023 | #253 | 1,228 |
| 2022 | #279 | 1,133 |
| 2021 | #310 | 1,038 |
| 2020 | #354 | 873 |
| 2019 | #372 | 848 |
| 2018 | #412 | 752 |
| 2017 | #392 | 797 |
| 2016 | #386 | 853 |
| 2015 | #412 | 778 |
| 2014 | #445 | 721 |
| 2013 | #440 | 695 |
| 2012 | #523 | 579 |
| 2011 | #539 | 538 |
| 2010 | #650 | 451 |
| 2009 | #661 | 445 |
| 2008 | #747 | 397 |
| 2007 | #803 | 356 |
| 2006 | #988 | 263 |
| 2005 | #1,191 | 192 |
| 2004 | #1,264 | 170 |
| 2003 | #1,203 | 177 |
| 2002 | #1,243 | 160 |
| 2001 | #1,438 | 131 |
| 2000 | #1,363 | 137 |
| 1999 | #1,378 | 128 |
| 1998 | #1,259 | 144 |
| 1997 | #1,377 | 124 |
| 1996 | #1,519 | 105 |
| 1995 | #1,955 | 70 |
| 1994 | #1,757 | 83 |
| 1993 | #2,725 | 44 |
| 1992 | #2,386 | 54 |
| 1991 | #2,620 | 46 |
| 1990 | #2,799 | 41 |
| 1989 | #2,408 | 48 |
| 1988 | #2,646 | 40 |
| 1987 | #3,169 | 29 |
| 1986 | #2,682 | 36 |
| 1985 | #2,283 | 44 |
| 1984 | #2,574 | 36 |
| 1983 | #2,516 | 36 |
| 1982 | #2,770 | 33 |
| 1981 | #2,447 | 39 |
| 1980 | #2,096 | 49 |
| 1979 | #1,897 | 55 |
| 1978 | #2,305 | 39 |
| 1977 | #1,736 | 59 |
| 1976 | #1,865 | 49 |
| 1975 | #2,097 | 41 |
| 1974 | #2,254 | 35 |
| 1973 | #1,939 | 42 |
| 1972 | #2,222 | 34 |
| 1971 | #2,001 | 42 |
| 1970 | #1,877 | 46 |
| 1969 | #2,023 | 38 |
| 1968 | #2,246 | 29 |
| 1967 | #2,272 | 28 |
| 1966 | #1,916 | 36 |
| 1965 | #2,464 | 24 |
| 1964 | #2,306 | 28 |
| 1963 | #2,252 | 28 |
| 1962 | #1,947 | 35 |
| 1961 | #2,474 | 24 |
| 1960 | #1,855 | 37 |
| 1959 | #2,234 | 26 |
| 1958 | #2,167 | 27 |
| 1957 | #2,563 | 20 |
| 1956 | #2,321 | 23 |
| 1955 | #2,635 | 18 |
| 1954 | #1,560 | 42 |
| 1953 | #1,783 | 31 |
| 1952 | #1,978 | 26 |
| 1951 | #2,182 | 21 |
| 1950 | #1,653 | 32 |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1948 | #1,778 | 28 |
| 1947 | #2,279 | 19 |
| 1946 | #2,153 | 19 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 |
| 1942 | #2,416 | 14 |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 |
| 1939 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1938 | #1,752 | 20 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 |
| 1932 | #2,037 | 16 |
| 1931 | #2,105 | 15 |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 |
| 1929 | #2,098 | 16 |
| 1928 | #1,738 | 23 |
| 1927 | #1,885 | 21 |
| 1926 | #1,772 | 23 |
| 1925 | #1,700 | 25 |
| 1924 | #1,811 | 23 |
| 1923 | #1,782 | 23 |
| 1922 | #1,646 | 26 |
| 1921 | #1,668 | 26 |
| 1920 | #1,816 | 22 |
| 1919 | #1,801 | 21 |
| 1918 | #2,209 | 16 |
| 1917 | #1,847 | 19 |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 17 |
| 1915 | #2,050 | 15 |
| 1914 | #1,603 | 17 |
| 1913 | #1,601 | 14 |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 |
| 1904 | — | |
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| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Dahlia! It came in at #1,338, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1895, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Dahlia is popular in 1994
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Florida#1,139 · 1 in 10,646
- California#1,217 · 1 in 11,548
- Illinois#1,302 · 1 in 12,373
- Texas#1,609 · 1 in 16,998
- New York#1,979 · 1 in 22,244
Best ever in a state: #97 in Alaska, 2015.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | #1,139 | 7 | 1 in 10,646 |
| California | #1,217 | 21 | 1 in 11,548 |
| Illinois | #1,302 | 6 | 1 in 12,373 |
| Texas | #1,609 | 8 | 1 in 16,998 |
| New York | #1,979 | 5 | 1 in 22,244 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Dahlia
- 26 spots since 2024 (#241 → #215)
- 139 spots since 2020 (#354 → #215)
- 197 spots since 2015 (#412 → #215)
- Biggest jump: 203 spots in 2006 (#1,191 → #988)
- Biggest drop: 20 spots in 2018 (#392 → #412)
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 2025 at #215 (1,420 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 2006–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,132 girls born in 2025 were named Dahlia (0.09%)
- 36.2% of all girls named Dahlia (7,012) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 19 | #1,213 (1896) | #1,315 |
| 1900s | 16 | #1,727 (1906) | #1,906 |
| 1910s | 141 | #1,601 (1913) | #1,926 |
| 1920s | 228 | #1,646 (1922) | #1,792 |
| 1930s | 124 | #1,752 (1938) | #2,585 |
| 1940s | 151 | #1,778 (1948) | #2,629 |
| 1950s | 266 | #1,560 (1954) | #2,108 |
| 1960s | 307 | #1,855 (1960) | #2,176 |
| 1970s | 442 | #1,736 (1977) | #2,019 |
| 1980s | 390 | #2,096 (1980) | #2,559 |
| 1990s | 839 | #1,259 (1998) | #1,978 |
| 2000s | 2,428 | #661 (2009) | #1,090 |
| 2010s | 7,012 | #372 (2019) | #457 |
| 2020s | 6,996 | #215 (2025) | #275 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dahlia in 1994
Top girls' names in 1994
More about 1994
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1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 21,515 of them was named Dahlia, which outranked 88.9% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,744Tamar84
- #1,744Teagan84
- #1,744Willow84
- #1,757Dahlia83
- #1,757Dakotah83
- #1,757Danna83
- #1,757Denesha83
- #1,770Alannah82
- #1,770Andie82
- #1,770Elexus82
Tied with 12 names at #1,757; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.