Dahlia is a girl's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “hanging branch.” In 2024 it was given to 1,300 girls in the United States.
Dahlia at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Biblical & Christian · Scandinavian
Meaning
“hanging branch”
Also spelled
Dalia
About the name Dahlia
Dahlia belongs to the Biblical & Christian and Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “hanging branch” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Dalia.
In the United States, Dahlia first appears in Social Security records in 1890. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #240 in 2024, and in 2024 1,300 babies received the name — 17,931 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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