Delaila

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Delaila by the numbers

Delaila was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 22 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Delaila

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 Delaila. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Deliladelicate or weak; variant of Delilah41 in the US (2017)
  • Delailahdelicate; variant of Delilah10 in the US (2017)
  • Delayla16 in the US (2017)
  • Delaina11 in the US (2017)
  • Delaia9 in the US (2017)
  • Delilahdelicate, languishing1,180 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Delaila

Names that are said the same way as Delaila, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Delylahdelicate, languishing; a modern respelling of Delilah79 in the US (2017)
  • Delyla24 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Delaila

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