Name meaning & stats
Dahlia
Dahlia means “hanging branch” (English origin). 18,831 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
“hanging branch”
EnglishWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
18,831 US babies were named Dahlia between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Dahlia (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 38% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)