Dahlia

Meaning: The dahlia flower
Origin: English (from a Swedish surname) — Named after Swedish botanist Anders Dahl

Girl's name · #215 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Dahlia is climbing: on the charts since 1890, it reached #215 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 1,400 girls given the name last year. Roughly 19,000 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 45 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#164 in Sweden (2025) · #249 in New Zealand (2025) · #298 in N. Ireland (2025) · #305 in Scotland (2025) · #381 in England & Wales (2025) · #393 in Switzerland (2025) · #593 in France (2025) · #597 in Netherlands (2025) · #617 in Belgium (2025) · #686 in Ecuador (2025) · #888 in Austria (2025) · #198 in Canada (2024).

Famous Dahlias

Dahlia Ravikovitch — Israeli poet (1936–2005)
Dahlia Duhaney — Jamaican athletics competitor
Dahlia Salem — American actress
Dahlia De La Cerda — Mexican writer
Dahlia Mokbel — Egyptian synchronized swimmer

In stories & tradition

Dahlia Lynley-Chivers — The Southern Vampire Mysteries (book series)
Dahlia Hawthorne — Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Trials and Tribulations (video game)
Dahlia Gillespie^es — Silent Hill (video game series)

What Dahlias become

Among 44 notable people named Dahlia:

Entertainers appear 1.76× more often than among typical names — e.g. Dahlia Salem, American actress.

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