Delilah
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning delicate, languishing.
How Delilah has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #116 |
| 2016 | #115 |
| 2017 | #102 |
| 2018 | #92 |
| 2019 | #88 |
| 2020 | #69 |
| 2021 | #58 |
| 2022 | #58 |
| 2023 | #52 |
| 2024 | #50 |
| 2025 | #51 |
Delilah by the numbers
In 2025, 1,180 babies in England and Wales were named Delilah. In the US, 2,873 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Names that come from Delilah
Forms of Delilah in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Delilah-Maidelicate; a form of Delilah with Mai6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Dellahdelicate; a form of Delilah6 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Delilah. 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)
- Delylahdelicate, languishing; a modern respelling of Delilah79 in the US (2017)
- Deliladelicate or weak; variant of Delilah41 in the US (2017)
- Deliahdelicate; a variant spelling of Delilah21 in the US (2017)
- Delailahdelicate; variant of Delilah10 in the US (2017)
- Deliliahdelicate, weak; a form of Delilah8 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Delilah
Names that are said the same way as Delilah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean gentleness
Like Delilah, each of these has gentleness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Leahweary; also delicate5,168 in the US (2017)
- Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
- Milliegentle strength; from Millicent or Amelia1,080 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alisonnoble kind; a form of Alice812 in the US (2017)
- Almanourishing, kind222 in England and Wales (2025)
- Winniegentle friend; diminutive of Winfred or Winifred416 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Delilah
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