Daliyah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 69 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
69
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Daliyah by the numbers

Daliyah was given to 69 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 69 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Daliyah

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Daliyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Dalilahgentle or delicate; a variant of Delilah178 in the US (2017)
  • Daniyahgod is my judge; a form of Danielle63 in the US (2017)
  • Daliahbranch; a form of Dalia or Dahlia45 in the US (2017)
  • Dariyahknowledgeable, wise; a form of Daria40 in the US (2017)
  • Daliyabranch or flowing water; a form of Dalia4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Damiyah67 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Daliyah

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