Dahlia
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from English. From the flower dahlia in the 19th century.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Dahlia (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Dahlia has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2016. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 7 |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2007 | 6 |
| 2008 | 8 |
| 2009 | 13 |
| 2010 | 12 |
| 2011 | 10 |
| 2012 | 18 |
| 2013 | 18 |
| 2014 | 24 |
| 2015 | 25 |
| 2016 | 34 |
| 2017 | 27 |
| 2018 | 23 |
| 2019 | 29 |
| 2020 | 30 |
| 2021 | 25 |
| 2022 | 28 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 21 |
| 2000 | 21 |
| 2001 | 22 |
| 2002 | 24 |
| 2003 | 24 |
| 2004 | 32 |
| 2005 | 32 |
| 2006 | 35 |
| 2007 | 44 |
| 2008 | 54 |
| 2009 | 70 |
| 2010 | 83 |
| 2011 | 99 |
| 2012 | 116 |
| 2013 | 133 |
| 2014 | 157 |
| 2015 | 181 |
| 2016 | 213 |
| 2017 | 239 |
| 2018 | 270 |
| 2019 | 300 |
| 2020 | 332 |
Dahlia in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Dahlia.Hi! My name is Dahlia.
- Har du träffat Dahlia? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Dahlia? She started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Dahlia kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Dahlia is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Dahlias mamma är lärare.Dahlia's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Dahlias mamma is Dahlia's mum.
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Questions about Dahlia
How do you pronounce Dahlia in Swedish?
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What does the name Dahlia mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from English. From the flower dahlia in the 19th century.
How popular is Dahlia in Sweden?
28 babies were named Dahlia in 2022. In 2020, 332 people in Sweden had Dahlia as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2016 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.