Girl
Dahlia
Dahlia means "Swedish, named after botanist Anders Dahl" and comes from Swedish, giving it real etymological depth as a girl's name. It is having a real moment, more popular in the 2010s than ever before. These days, it is a name that stands out a little. Its single strongest year on record was 2016.
SwedishSwedish, named after botanist Anders Dahl
EtymologyMeaning "the dahlia flower"
Births by decade
1900s
16
1910s
141
1920s
228
1930s
124
1940s
151
1950s
266
1960s
307
1970s
443
1980s
388
1990s
839
2000s
2,428
2010s
5,394
Peaked in the 2010s · 10,725 total U.S. births since 1900