Fun Facts About the Name Daylah
- 168 babies named Daylah: U.S. records list 168 babies given the name Daylah from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Daylah Mean?
Daylah is an English spelling of a name, and the spelling itself has no documented meaning of its own. It is said the same way as the older names Dalia and Dahlia, and it is best explained as a respelling of one of them, with the y marking the "ay" vowel and the final h making the ending clear to English readers. Because Dalia and Dahlia come from unrelated sources, the sense a family has in mind depends on which of those names is behind the spelling.
Dalia is used in Arabic-speaking countries, in Israel, in Lithuania, and in Spain and Latin America, and its meanings differ by language. In Arabic it is usually connected with dāliya, "grape vine" or "climbing vine." In Hebrew it is linked to daliyot, "branches," and separately to a verb meaning "to draw water." In Lithuanian, dalia means "portion" or "fate," and Dalia is a figure in older Lithuanian belief who allots each person's fate. Dahlia, by contrast, is a flower name: the plant was named for the Swedish botanist Anders Dahl, and the flower's name was later used for girls. It carries no meaning beyond the plant itself.
Daylah Name History & Origins
Daylah is a respelling used in English. It represents the sound of older names - Dalia and Dahlia - written with y for the vowel and a final h, a common way of making a name's pronunciation plain in English.
Dalia has the longer and wider record. It is a familiar girl's name in Israel, where Hebrew daliyot means "branches," and in Lithuania, where dalia means "fate" or "portion" and where Dalia is remembered as a figure in pre-Christian Lithuanian belief who assigns each person's lot. It is also well established in Arabic-speaking countries and in Spain and Latin America, and in Spanish dalia is the ordinary word for the dahlia flower.
Dahlia entered English first as the name of the flower. The plant is native to Mexico and Central America and was grown there long before European botanists described it; it was named for Anders Dahl, a Swedish botanist, in the late eighteenth century, and it became a popular garden plant in Europe in the following decades. As a girl's name in English, Dahlia was taken up in the nineteenth century along with other flower names such as Rose and Violet.
How Popular is the Name Daylah?
Daylah has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2020. Its best rank was #7,003 in 2020.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,169 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #9,048 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #15,754 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #8,652 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #9,739 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #7,003 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2019 | #9,907 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2018 | #10,775 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #16,488 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #14,785 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #13,346 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #10,332 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #9,169 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #17,540 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #12,459 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #15,450 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #11,705 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #12,895 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #16,763 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #13,595 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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