Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Dilara isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dilara through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 521
- 0 boys · 521 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 31
- #4,479 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +49%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 31 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,479 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 48.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 770 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dilara’s family of names
In Greek usage, Dilara as a surname is a transliteration of Δηλαρά.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dilara
- Dilara KazimovaAzerbaijani singer, songwriter, dancer and actressborn 1984
- Dilara AliyevaAzerbaijani philologist, translator and Women's rights activist and Member of Supreme Council of Azerbaijan in 1990–19911929–1991
- Dilara AksüyekTurkish actor (born 1987)
- Dilara LokmanhekimTurkish judoka (born 1994)
- Dilara ZamanBangladeshi actressborn 1943
- Dilara BağcıTurkish volleyball player (born 1994)
- Dilara BilgeTurkish volleyball player (born 1990)
- Dilara UralpTurkish windsurfer (born 1995)
- Dilara BüyükbayraktarTurkish actor (born 1989)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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