Dila

#15,522 in 2025Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Dila has been given to 45 babies in the U.S. since 2004. In 2025 it ranked #15,522 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Dila, 2025

1 in 663,000

Dila over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Dila: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Dila means

Dila is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Dila is used in Albanian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 45 girls were recorded with the name Dila between 2004 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2018; its best national rank was #11,678 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #15,742 in 2020 to #15,522 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Dila?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 321,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #15,522; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Dila sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dila. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dilas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dila was born before 2018 — so the typical Dila is around 7 today.

Median birth year: 2018; About 7 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 44.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 45; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 44.4% of all recorded uses (20).

Is Dila rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +381; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +220; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 62.5%; Peak was 2018 (8)
Years since peak: 7; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 12.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #11,678; 2018

Spellings of Dila

Dila is not the most common spelling — Lisa is, with 15.5% against Dila's <0.01%.

Lisa15.5%967,229
Diana5.9%368,487
Ella5.6%351,313
Mia5.0%310,219
Tina4.7%292,146
Rita4.6%284,452
Jill3.3%208,071
Dana3.1%193,555

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Dila around the world

Where Dila ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2008–2025
#4,201
in 2025
France
1997–2025
#2,889
in 2025
Canada
2023–2023
#2,672
in 2023
South Australia
2009–2009
#818
in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Dila by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #15,522
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 220
Best rank ever: #11,678; 2018
Peak year: 2018; 8 that year
First recorded: 2004
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 45
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Dila

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Dilany Xila Wila Zeila Vaila Dilma Miila Kelila Dilys Dilan Saila Aaila Dillen Haila Faila Dilla Alila Azaila Anaila Zila Xaila Dilana Emila Rutila

Sibling names for Dila

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Shyann Halie Allyssa Sydni Sydnie Karleigh

For a brother

Aaden Kale Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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