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Idalia

#2,162 in 2025Girls' name

Possibly work, labour

Idalia has been given to 3,338 babies in the U.S. since 1889. In 2025 it ranked #2,162 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 160 recorded.

Babies named Idalia, 2025

1 in 38,500

Idalia over time, 1880–2025

Girls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Idalia: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly work, labour

Ancient Greek and Latin

What Idalia means

Idalia may mean “work, labour”.

Origin, language, and formation

Idalia is used in Polish and Spanish. Its origins include Ancient Greek and Latin.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Polish, Idalia is pronounced /iˈda.lja/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,338 girls were recorded with the name Idalia between 1889 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 160 in 2023; its best national rank was #1,369 in 1889.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,198 in 2020 to #2,162 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,900 in 2015 to #2,162 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 Idalia?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 38,500
86 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 18,700
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,162
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
26,721 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Idalia 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 26,721 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Idalia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Idalias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Idalia was born before 1993 — so the typical Idalia is around 32 today.

Median birth year
1993
About 32 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
15.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
37.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
3,104
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2020s — 15.5% of all recorded uses (518).

Is Idalia 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
−436
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,036
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+3,738
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
3.91×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
53.8%
Peak was 2023 (160)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
30.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,369
1889

Spellings of Idalia

Idalia is not the most common spelling — Delia is, with 12.6% against Idalia's 1.1%.

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.

Where Idalia is used

Across 2016–2025, Idalia was most concentrated in Arizona — about 1 in 12,500 girls, against 1 in 23,208 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).

18 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Arizona1 in 12,500
  2. 2Texas1 in 12,500
  3. 3California1 in 20,000
  4. 4Nevada1 in 20,000
  5. 5Florida1 in 33,333
  6. 6Illinois1 in 33,333
  7. 7Indiana1 in 50,000
  8. 8Massachusetts1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Idalia around the world

Where Idalia 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
    2013–2025
    #2,605
    in 2025
  • France
    1969–2025
    #4,458
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2023–2023
    #2,049
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1994–1994
    #467
    in 1994

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.

Idalia by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,162
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,036
Best rank ever
#1,369
1889
Peak year
2023
160 that year
First recorded
1889
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,338
Count in 2025
86

Names similar to Idalia

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

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Names with a curve like Idalia

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Idalia, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

ZenaidaZulemaDevoraRinaBronwynJoriAdelaidaMyriamLaneJoieSilvanaMelodi

Sibling names for Idalia

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

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