Dalila

“Variant of Delilah — She who weakened” — Hebrew origin

Girl's name · #1528 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Dalila reached its best rank, #1209, in 2009 and ranked #1528 in 2025. About 6,000 girls have carried it since 1944. Together with its spelling variant Dalilah (#1175), Dalila would rank around #812 with about 340 births last year — the newborns split about 59/41 between Dalilah and Dalila.

Around the world: #57 in Bosnia (FBiH) (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 10 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Dalilas

Dalila Di Lazzaro — Italian actress and writer
Dalila Bella — Canadian actress
Dalila Jakupović — Slovenian female tennis player
Dalila Abdulkadir — Bahraini long-distance runner
Dalila Ippólito — Argentine association football player

In stories & tradition

Dalila — Samson and Delilah

What Dalilas become

Among 90 notable people named Dalila:

Sports figures appear 1.64× more often than among typical names — e.g. Dalila Jakupović, Slovenian female tennis player.

Similar names: Dalilah · Amaria · Dalary · Kalila · Mazikeen · Ariela

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