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Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: falling

DaliaIn Hebrew: דליה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: דַּלְיָה

Dalia (Hebrew: דליה) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 11,404 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 14 girls and ranked #588. Its peak year was 1953, with 549 babies.

People in Israel
11,404
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
14
rank #588
Peak year
1953
549 babies
USA, 2025
340
rank #799

Writing and saying Dalia

In Hebrew letters the name is דליה, read right to left. Dalia is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Dalia by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Dalia: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Dalia in English-speaking countries

Dalia in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025340#7991994 (516)
United Kingdom202557#7102025 (57)
England and Wales202554#6842024 (55)
Scotland20253#7802017 (6)
Ireland20257#4732025 (7)
Alberta20255#8132022 (8)
Quebec202536#1552014 (38)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Dalia has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Dalia

How do you write Dalia in Hebrew?

Dalia is written דליה in Hebrew (with vowel points: דַּלְיָה). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Dalia?

11,404 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name דליה: 11,404 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Dalia a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named דליה are women.

Is Dalia used outside Israel?

The name Dalia appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 340 girls were given it in 2025 (#799), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 57 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.