Dahlia
2025 SSA
About Dahlia
One of the flower names, used occasionally in Britain (where it's pronounced DAY-lee-a). It seems to have recovered from what was perceived as a slightly affected la-di-dah air. The flower was named in honor of the pioneering Swedish botanist Andreas Dahl, which means dale.
In the Victorian language of flowers, Dahlia denotes elegance and dignity.
In P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves stories, Dahlia is Bertie Wooster's more sympathetic aunt, described as being constructed along the lines of Mae West. Reporter Dahlia Lithwick covers legal matters for the online magazine Slate.
Pronounced DAH-lee-uh; DAL-yuh.
As of October 2026, Dahlia ranked #215 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #246.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #445 | 721 | 403.6 |
| 2015 | #413 | 777 | 435.3 |
| 2016 | #387 | 853 | 481.4 |
| 2017 | #391 | 797 | 461.6 |
| 2018 | #412 | 752 | 442.1 |
| 2019 | #372 | 848 | 505.3 |
| 2020 | #355 | 872 | 539.4 |
| 2021 | #310 | 1,038 | 632.6 |
| 2022 | #278 | 1,133 | 690.8 |
| 2023 | #253 | 1,226 | 764.1 |
| 2024 | #240 | 1,300 | 802.4 |
| 2025 | #215 | 1,420 | 883.5 |
World rankings
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Dahlia on lists
Famous Dahlias
- Dahlia Salem
American actress
- Dahlia Duhaney
Jamaican sprinter
- Dahlia Ravikovitch
Israeli poet
- Dahlia Lithwick
American journalist
- Dahlia Janys King (b. 2011)
daughter of footballer Stephen King
Dahlia in pop culture
- Dahlia Lynley
Chivers, character in the Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris
- Dahlia Deering
character on TV's "Devious Maids"
- Dahlia Gillespie
antagonist of the video game Silent Hill
- Dahlia Malloy
character on TV's "The Riches"
- Dahlia Hawthorne
antagonist in the Ace Attorney series
- Dahlia Reinhold
character in "Professor Layton" video game
- Aunt Dahlia Travers
character in P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves series
- Dahlia
powerful witch on TV's "The Originals"
- Dahlia
a nerdy great horned owl in the Angry Birds series
- 'The Black Dahlia'
2006 film
- Dahlia Rose
alias for Juno Steel in the Penumbra Podcast