Dilma

Girls' name

Counterpart of Dilmo

Dilma has been given to 26 babies in the U.S. since 1991. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2022, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Dilma, 2023

1 in 663,000

Dilma 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Dilma: meaning, origin, and history

Counterpart of Dilmo

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Dilma means

Dilma is a counterpart of Dilmo.

Origin, language, and formation

Dilma is used in Portuguese.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Dilmo.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Portuguese, Dilma is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒiw.mɐ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 26 girls were recorded with the name Dilma between 1991 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2022; its best national rank was #13,747 in 1991.

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.

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How common is Dilma?

Dilma had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,314,783 births
Among girls only: 1 in 321,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2023: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 459,528 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Dilma 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 2023 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 459,528 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dilma. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dilmas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dilma was born before 2015 — so the typical Dilma is around 10 today.

Median birth year: 2015; About 10 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 42.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 61.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 26; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 42.3% of all recorded uses (11).

Is Dilma 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2022 (6)
Years since peak: 3; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Steady; 8.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #13,747; 1991

Spellings of Dilma

Dilma is not the most common spelling — Diana is, with 24.4% against Dilma's <0.01%.

Diana24.4%368,487
Alma10.8%163,723
Wilma9.3%140,101
Velma5.7%86,752
Mila5.6%84,489
Hilda5.4%81,022
Lila5.1%76,493
Irma4.9%73,769

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.

Dilma by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #13,747; 1991
Peak year: 2022; 6 that year
First recorded: 1991
Last recorded: 2023
All-time count: 26
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Dilma

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

Dilany Dila Dilys Dilla Dilani Yulma Melma Dilan Relma Pelma Dillen Dilek Dilay Dilnura Dilana Bilma Dilayla Dilylah Dilyn Dilreet Dillan Dilyla Whilma Dilia

Sibling names for Dilma

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

Ezra Sapphire Scout Keilani Amayah Shoshana Everlee Zariyah

For a brother

Kenji Loyal Avi Rayden Kashton Zeke Gian Rishi

Explore around Dilma

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