How Many People Are Named Dahlia?
people named Dahlia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 18,411 people in the US has this name
Based on 19,359 babies named Dahlia in Social Security records from 1890 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,420 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the name of the flower, which was named for the Swedish botanist Anders Dahl.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Dahlia in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dahlia alive today is about 13 years old, and 91% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 15 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dahlia first appears in the records in 1890, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 1,420 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1890 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Dahlia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #215, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #215.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #215 |
| Best rank | #215 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #453 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dahlia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dahlia were born in California than in any other state: about 4,058 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dahlia was given 2 times as often in Oregon, 1.8 times in California and 1.7 times in Nevada.
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