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Delylah

Feminine · “delicate”

1999high 2020
#2607 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare66 girls in 2025

Delylah respells Delilah, and the Hebrew is generally read as delicate — though the Samson story makes it hard to hear that way.

How old is the name Delylah?

Delylah first appears in US birth records in 1999 — 26 years ago. The typical Delylah is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,600 people named Delylah are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Delylah most popular?

Delylah peaked in 2020, reaching #1948 nationally. Today it ranks #2607, 659 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Delylah

Judges has Delilah press Samson three times for the secret of his strength and be lied to each time before he gives in — one of the sharpest sequences in the book. The name's own meaning is disputed. Delylah is a modern respelling and appears in American records in current use.

Meaningscholars disagree

delicate, languishing

From the Hebrew Delilah, generally read from dal, 'weak' or 'delicate', or from a root meaning to hang loose. A connection to layla, 'night', is also proposed. Neither is fully settled. The Judges narrative gives the associations.

How the name formed

  1. Delilah
  2. Delylah

Related forms: Delilah · דלילה

Pronouncing Delylah

duh-LY-lah

Three syllables, stress in the middle. Delylah and Delilah are said identically.

Nicknames for Delylah

Moderate

LylahThe back of the name, and a name in its own right with a real record
DelThe front clipping, and a short form with real use
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1999–202598490986619992025

US babies named Delylah per year from 1999 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#19481990s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1999
Most girls named
202098 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1948reached in 2020
Change vs 2024
−2.9%66 in 2025, from 68
Delylah sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2020, with 98 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Delylah in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Delilah in English — spelling variant
  • דלילה in Hebrew — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Michigan.

Delylahs among us

1,600

people named Delylah are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 24,353 born in 2025 was named Delylah

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Delylah

#2607
Delylah on the 2025 chart
#58
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Delylah went to 66 girls in 2025, but Delilah and Delila are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 4,267, which makes it the 58th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,549 places above the chart.

and 1 rarer spelling.

About 1 girl in 377 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 24,353 for Delylah itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The September test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Delylah's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: September climbed just as high around 1962, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and September's path sketches the road Delylah is walking now.

40%chance Delylah will feel “very 2010s” by 2040
Delylah, aligned on its peakSeptember· peak 1962not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-30 yrs+60 yrsSeptember · #5354Delylah today
Delylah today is about where September stood in 1967 — 5 years past a #1947-sized peak. By 1982, September had settled around #2532.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Delylah sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Delylah is headed

19992030

US babies named Delylah per year, 1999 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Delylah should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady-14% by 2030projected around #3,031 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Delylah beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Delylah in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Delylahthis name66#2607Navie66#2607Ellyana66#2607Atalia66#2607Maddox66#2607

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That Samson lies to her three times before giving in is a first-rate narrative detail.
  • Lylah and Del are two short forms, both with real use.
  • Three syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
What to consider
  • The biblical bearer is a byword for betrayal.
  • Delilah is overwhelmingly the standard spelling.
  • The meaning is genuinely disputed.

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Frequently asked

How many Delylahs are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,600 people named Delylah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Delylah?
Delylah is one of 3 recorded spellings. Delilah is the more common one — 4,137 births in 2025 against 66 for Delylah.
How popular is the name Delylah in 2025?
Delylah ranks #2607 among US girl names in 2025, with 66 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Delylah?
About 1 in every 24,353 US girls born in 2025 was named Delylah — 66 in all.
Will my child share the name Delylah with classmates?
Delylah will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Delylah

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Navie#2607 · Ellyana#2607 · Atalia#2607 · Maddox#2607 · Henny#2607 · Diane#2607 · Adella#2607 · Annalia#2607

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