Dilara
Feminine · “adorner of the heart”
Dilara is Persian and Turkish for one who adorns the heart — dil is a heart, and ara means to decorate.
How old is the name Dilara?
Dilara first appears in US birth records in 1989 — 36 years ago. The typical Dilara is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Dilara are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Dilara most popular?
Dilara peaked in 2024, reaching #4114 nationally. Today it ranks #4460, 346 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
From dil ara to Dilara
The story of Dilara
Dil is the heart in Persian and Urdu, and it opens a very large family of words and names — dilbar, one who carries the heart away; dilruba, heart-ravishing; dilkash, heart-drawing. The whole vocabulary of Persian love poetry runs through it. Dilara is well used in Turkey and Iran and reaches American records with Turkish, Azerbaijani and Iranian families.
Meaning
adorner of the heart
From Persian dil, a heart, and ara, adorning or decorating; the compound describes someone who makes the heart beautiful. Dil is one of the most productive elements in Persian and Urdu naming and poetry.
How the name formed
- dil ara
- Dilara
Related forms: Dilara · Delara · Dilarə
Pronouncing Dilara
dee-LAH-rah
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Turkish gives the same shape.
Nicknames for Dilara
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1989
- Most girls named
- 202435 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #4114reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −11.4%31 in 2025, from 35
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.
Dilara in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Dilara in Turkish — same name
- Delara in Persian — same name
- Dilarə in Azerbaijani — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Dilaras among us
people named Dilara are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 51,847 born in 2025 was named Dilara
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Rickia test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Dilara's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Rickia climbed just as high around 1994, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Rickia's path sketches the road Dilara is walking now.
Dilara 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 Dilara is headed
Dilara looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 39% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
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.
Dilara beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Dilara in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning with a genuinely beautiful compound behind it.
- Lara is a complete short form in its own right.
- Very well used in Turkey and Iran, so it has a large community behind it.
- English readers do not know where the stress falls.
- Dilara, Delara and Dilhara are all in use and mark different countries.
- It is unfamiliar in America and will be spelled out constantly.
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Frequently asked
- How many Dilaras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Dilara are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Dilara in 2025?
- Dilara ranks #4460 among US girl names in 2025, with 31 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Dilara?
- About 1 in every 51,847 US girls born in 2025 was named Dilara — 31 in all.
- Will my child share the name Dilara with classmates?
- Dilara will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Dilara
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