Dallas
Boy nameDallas has been given to 87,085 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 2015 and currently ranks #687 for girls and #238 for boys (2025).
Meaning & origin /ˈdæləs/
The Texas city was named after George M. Dallas, vice president to Polk; family name is evolved from dalhous (13th c.), meaning "dweller at the house in the dale," from dale + house. # The Scottish place-name is from Pictish, equivalent to Welsh dôl (“meadow, haugh”) + gwas (“abode”).
Origin: place names
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
87,085
Peak year
2015 (1,971 babies)
Rank in 2025
#687 for girls · #238 for boys
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▼ -4%
Gender split
18% girls / 82% boys
Famous people named Dallas
Diamond Dallas Page
American professional wrestler and actor
Dallas Long
American shot putter (1940–2024)
Dallas Roberts
American actor (born 1970)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Dallas.
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