Dahlia
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: Any plant of the genus Dahlia, tuberous perennial flowering plants native to Mexico
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/deɪlɪə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Dahlia is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 13K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 28K
- JMJamaica≈1 in 9K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 337 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 9.0K (inferred from the name graph)
11,696 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Jamaica, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Any plant of the genus Dahlia, tuberous perennial flowering plants native to Mexico.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.
How Dahlia is read(measured from records)
Dahlia is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English55%
Any plant of the genus Dahlia, tuberous perennial flowering plants native to Mexico.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
plant
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
- Indonesian14%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Dahlia in Indonesian.
- Spanish11%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Dahlia in Spanish.
- French5.4%
dahlia, plant of the genus Dahlia
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Le dahlia tire son nom du botaniste suédois Andreas Dahl (1751-1789), disciple de Linné. Les premières graines arrivèrent de Mexico à Madrid en 1789, apportées par Dahl et envoyées par V. Cervantès.
as a name2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Dahlia, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Dahlia counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 11,696 | 1 in 28K | 12K | Dahlia | 337 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈8,400 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Dahlia | 54 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Dahlia | 35 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 53K | — | Dahlia | 56 |
| SE Sweden | — | 818 | 1 in 12K | 818 | — | 15 |
| JM Jamaica | #283 | ≈310 est. | ≈1 in 9K | — | Dahlia | 18 |
11,696 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Dahlia is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Arabic, dahlia (flower). See Dalia Ul
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
English: from the name of the flower, which was so called in the 19th century in honour of the pioneering Swedish botanist Anders Dahl (1751–89). His surname represents a cognate of English DALE . Variant: Dalya.
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Dalia Dornerb. 1934ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli judge
- Daliah Lavib. 1942ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)
- Dalia Rabin-Pelossofb. 1950ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli politician
- Dalia Itzikb. 1952ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli politician
- Dalia Grybauskaitėb. 1956LTnot in their usual namePresident of Lithuania fom 2009 to 2019 (born 1956)
- Dalia Michelevičiūtėb. 1967LTnot in their usual nameLithuanian actor
- Dahlia Greyb. 1972USAmerican pornographic actress
- Dalia Hernándezb. 1985MXnot in their usual nameMexican actress known for Apocalypto (2006)
- Dahlia Skyb. 1989USAmerican pornographic actress
- Dalia Soto del ValleCUnot in their usual nameFidel Castro's second wife
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 66 sources across 41 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 12K | #2,236 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 1.4K | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 818 | #1,963 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 332 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 23 | #2,236 |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Dahlia?
- A machine transcription gives /deɪlɪə/ (IPA) for English.
- What are other forms of the name Dahlia?
- In the etymology graph, Dalia and Dalija are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Is Dahlia a male or female name?
- Dahlia is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Dahlia mean, and where does it come from?
- Any plant of the genus Dahlia, tuberous perennial flowering plants native to Mexico. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Dahlia have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 12 thousand people named Dahlia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dahlia.
- How common is the name Dahlia?
- In the United States, the national register counted 11,696 people named Dahlia in 2020, about 1 in 28 thousand residents.
- How common is Dahlia compared with other names?
- In Jamaica, Dahlia is the 283rd most common given name of 21,568 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dahlia” — the 283rd most common given name in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.