Girl Names That Start With D

These are the 94 girl names that start with D, have reached the top 500 as a girl's name at some point since 1880, and still go to girls rather than boys today. Ranked by the number of girls given each name in 2025, most common first.

All 94 names

1. Delilah #51 4,137
2. Daisy #75 3,206
3. Daphne #178 1,740
4. Dahlia #215 1,420
5. Delaney #242 1,283
6. Diana #244 1,277
7. Dakota #295 1,035
8. Daniela #302 1,009
9. Demi #380 804
10. Danna #394 787
11. Dorothy #421 743
12. Dream #432 718
13. Daniella #468 657
14. Daleyza #538 562
15. Danielle #549 550
16. Della #563 533
17. Destiny #635 458
18. Dayana #716 392
19. Dulce #770 352
20. Dalia #799 340
21. Darcy #857 316
22. Deborah #862 313
23. Darla #941 275
24. Dana #1027 244
25. Dior #1125 208
26. Dara #1129 207
27. Dina #1326 168
28. Dottie #1382 158
29. Desiree #1427 151
30. Delia #1561 135
31. Dixie #1605 130
32. Danica #1631 127
33. Denise #1673 123
34. Dolly #1777 113
35. Dorothea #1777 113
36. Darlene #1844 108
37. Donna #1962 98
38. Diamond #2017 94
39. Dawn #2173 85
40. Deanna #2173 85
41. Debora #2326 78
42. Dora #2387 75
43. Danika #2542 69
44. Darby #2564 68
45. Dianna #2564 68
46. Dolores #2564 68
47. Diane #2607 66
48. Desirae #2691 64
49. Doris #2895 58
50. Deja #3028 54
51. Destinee #3028 54
52. Dominique #3130 51
53. Devon #3459 44
54. Delphine #3577 42
55. Dayanara #4067 35
56. Dinah #4172 34
57. Debra #4460 31
58. Dena #4546 30
59. Dovie #4546 30
60. Daisie #4661 29
61. Deena #4987 26
62. Doreen #5099 25
63. Debbie #5238 24
64. Demetria #5238 24
65. Delores #5722 21
66. Dianne #5722 21
67. Dessa #6838 16
68. Dionne #6838 16
69. Deana #7885 13
70. Deirdre #7885 13
71. Dollie #7885 13
72. Darleen #9457 10
73. Delphia #9457 10
74. Deidre #10917 8
75. Dorthy #10917 8
76. Dessie #11932 7
77. Danette #14942 5
78. Dona #14942 5
79. Deann
80. Deanne
81. Debby
82. Debi
83. Debrah
84. Delma
85. Delois
86. Deloris
87. Deneen
88. Denice
89. Diann
90. Docia
91. Donie
92. Dorotha
93. Dorris
94. Dortha

Also starting with D, and now given almost only to boys: Dylan, Devin, Darian, Dale, Donnie, Dewey, Dian, Dell, Dee

Girl names that start with D in the 2025 data

D is the fourteenth most common first letter for girls born in 2025: 41,232 of them, 2.6% of every girl in the file. It has climbed from sixteenth place a decade ago, and its share has grown from 2.3% to 2.6%.

This list holds the 94 of those names that reached the top 500 as a girl's name at some point since 1880 and are still given to girls rather than boys. The most common today is Delilah, #51 with 4,137 girls in 2025. 2 of the 94 are in this year's top 100, and 78 appear in the 2025 file at all — which takes at least five births, the point below which a name is left out. Nine other names starting with D are left out — Dylan, Devin and Darian among them. Each reached the top 500 among girls at some point, but fewer than one in ten children given it over the last ten years was a girl. Together they account for 26,567 of those 41,232 girls — the remainder go to names that have never reached the top 500, each given to a handful of children.

The fastest climber among them is Dream, up from #2,012 in 2015 to #432 in 2025. Daniella has gone the other way, from #317 to #468. The shortest name here is Dana at 4 letters, the longest Dominique at 9.

Questions about girl names that start with D

What is the most popular girl name that starts with D?

Delilah. 4,137 girls were given the name in 2025, which put it at #51 nationally.

How many girl names start with D?

94 have reached the top 500 as a girl's name and still go to girls today, which is this list. Counting every spelling in the file, 41,232 girls born in 2025 — 2.6% of the total — were given a name starting with D.

Are girl names that start with D getting more popular?

D is gaining ground. It was sixteenth among first letters for girls a decade ago with 2.3% of births, and it is fourteenth in 2025 with 2.6%.