Dahlia

Where Dahlia comes from

From the flower dahlia in the 19th century.
— Wiktionary's entry for Dahlia
  • English
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1890
    First appearance
    #1,338 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1936
    Dahlia Ravikovitch born
    Israeli poet
  3. 1972
    Dahlia Grey born
    American pornographic actress
  4. 2025
    Peak, #215
    1,420 babies named Dahlia — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English.
Namesakes
  • Dahlia Ravikovitch · Israeli poet, 1936–2005
  • Dahlia Grey · American pornographic actress, born 1972
  • Dahlia Duhaney · Jamaican athletics competitor, born 1970
  • Dahlia Sky · American pornographic actress, 1989–2021
  • Dahlia De La Cerda · Mexican writer, born 1985

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.