Dallas
Dallas is a unisex name: 413 girls and 1,475 boys were given it in 2025 (#687 among girls’ names and #238 among boys’, #359 among all names counting both); 87,085 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 69,400 Americans named Dallas and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (80% of everyone recorded); the median is 24 years old and half are between 10 and 38.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Dallas by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Dallas mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Dallas is “a male given name transferred from the place name.”
/ˈdæləs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Dallas?
#238 among boys’ names, 2025
Dallas rose from #255 in 2015 to #238 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.74 to 0.86 per 1,000.
1,971 babies in 2015, the peak
Dallas peaked in 2015, when 1,971 babies were given it (1,420 boys, #255 among boys’ names). The 1,888 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 96% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 413 | #687 | 1,475 | #238 |
| 2024 | 446 | #657 | 1,453 | #243 |
| 2023 | 484 | #617 | 1,383 | #252 |
| 2022 | 458 | #642 | 1,359 | #253 |
| 2021 | 466 | #636 | 1,287 | #270 |
| 2020 | 459 | #632 | 1,267 | #269 |
| 2019 | 508 | #598 | 1,235 | #283 |
| 2018 | 474 | #630 | 1,231 | #286 |
| 2017 | 522 | #580 | 1,401 | #260 |
| 2016 | 482 | #621 | 1,224 | #296 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 551 | #562 | 1,420 | #255 |
| 2014 | 525 | #580 | 1,366 | #270 |
| 2013 | 459 | #612 | 1,168 | #301 |
| 2012 | 289 | #904 | 984 | #321 |
| 2011 | 236 | #1,047 | 962 | #326 |
| 2010 | 221 | #1,117 | 1,004 | #319 |
| 2009 | 213 | #1,181 | 934 | #338 |
| 2008 | 197 | #1,267 | 992 | #332 |
| 2007 | 199 | #1,244 | 949 | #339 |
| 2006 | 207 | #1,174 | 864 | #351 |
| 2005 | 178 | #1,263 | 814 | #362 |
| 2004 | 188 | #1,190 | 788 | #357 |
| 2003 | 187 | #1,153 | 684 | #384 |
| 2002 | 209 | #1,034 | 804 | #340 |
| 2001 | 209 | #1,031 | 878 | #321 |
| 2000 | 243 | #901 | 944 | #309 |
| 1999 | 236 | #895 | 950 | #303 |
| 1998 | 286 | #754 | 1,007 | #286 |
| 1997 | 343 | #646 | 1,183 | #248 |
| 1996 | 438 | #536 | 1,290 | #234 |
| 1995 | 447 | #533 | 1,374 | #214 |
| 1994 | 467 | #529 | 1,304 | #222 |
| 1993 | 450 | #532 | 1,156 | #246 |
| 1992 | 351 | #642 | 895 | #299 |
| 1991 | 103 | #1,502 | 693 | #352 |
| 1990 | 106 | #1,466 | 591 | #391 |
| 1989 | 110 | #1,374 | 590 | #380 |
| 1988 | 123 | #1,217 | 591 | #352 |
| 1987 | 99 | #1,373 | 562 | #348 |
| 1986 | 91 | #1,406 | 537 | #352 |
| 1985 | 85 | #1,462 | 562 | #339 |
| 1984 | 110 | #1,194 | 551 | #338 |
| 1983 | 80 | #1,452 | 459 | #377 |
| 1982 | 86 | #1,418 | 534 | #348 |
| 1981 | 119 | #1,145 | 587 | #326 |
| 1980 | 117 | #1,152 | 680 | #298 |
| 1979 | 110 | #1,193 | 609 | #316 |
| 1978 | 84 | #1,388 | 462 | #359 |
| 1977 | 53 | #1,882 | 338 | #431 |
| 1976 | 54 | #1,751 | 327 | #428 |
| 1975 | 34 | #2,367 | 342 | #420 |
| 1974 | 36 | #2,221 | 291 | #470 |
| 1973 | 44 | #1,889 | 279 | #468 |
| 1972 | 41 | #1,977 | 304 | #451 |
| 1971 | 47 | #1,859 | 350 | #437 |
| 1970 | 72 | #1,438 | 357 | #430 |
| 1969 | 36 | #2,110 | 301 | #449 |
| 1968 | 37 | #1,982 | 302 | #437 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,797 | 273 | #456 |
| 1966 | 30 | #2,151 | 301 | #441 |
| 1965 | 19 | #2,853 | 320 | #432 |
| 1964 | 29 | #2,255 | 334 | #437 |
| 1963 | 27 | #2,314 | 359 | #425 |
| 1962 | 31 | #2,122 | 354 | #424 |
| 1961 | 21 | #2,687 | 341 | #430 |
| 1960 | 44 | #1,699 | 351 | #429 |
| 1959 | 32 | #1,991 | 370 | #413 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,946 | 366 | #408 |
| 1957 | 31 | #1,959 | 368 | #406 |
| 1956 | 29 | #2,008 | 411 | #363 |
| 1955 | 38 | #1,671 | 418 | #351 |
| 1954 | 48 | #1,444 | 405 | #356 |
| 1953 | 52 | #1,346 | 455 | #328 |
| 1952 | 47 | #1,421 | 422 | #336 |
| 1951 | 43 | #1,435 | 435 | #329 |
| 1950 | 22 | #2,063 | 414 | #331 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,923 | 369 | #351 |
| 1948 | 33 | #1,625 | 435 | #320 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,764 | 433 | #330 |
| 1946 | 36 | #1,466 | 382 | #331 |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,422 | 381 | #304 |
| 1944 | 34 | #1,384 | 416 | #291 |
| 1943 | 35 | #1,400 | 492 | #275 |
| 1942 | 45 | #1,184 | 480 | #273 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,895 | 485 | #252 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,701 | 485 | #247 |
| 1939 | 34 | #1,269 | 510 | #230 |
| 1938 | 38 | #1,187 | 552 | #219 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,459 | 407 | #270 |
| 1936 | 25 | #1,486 | 361 | #283 |
| 1935 | 31 | #1,310 | 410 | #269 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,659 | 403 | #270 |
| 1933 | 35 | #1,206 | 383 | #269 |
| 1932 | 33 | #1,271 | 418 | #269 |
| 1931 | 32 | #1,291 | 411 | #271 |
| 1930 | 37 | #1,237 | 382 | #291 |
| 1929 | 30 | #1,396 | 399 | #278 |
| 1928 | 37 | #1,255 | 375 | #292 |
| 1927 | 43 | #1,176 | 416 | #276 |
| 1926 | 34 | #1,362 | 426 | #276 |
| 1925 | 42 | #1,198 | 370 | #298 |
| 1924 | 45 | #1,172 | 328 | #319 |
| 1923 | 45 | #1,147 | 352 | #299 |
| 1922 | 34 | #1,376 | 380 | #289 |
| 1921 | 35 | #1,346 | 372 | #292 |
| 1920 | 31 | #1,449 | 350 | #306 |
| 1919 | 27 | #1,534 | 301 | #323 |
| 1918 | 35 | #1,283 | 330 | #306 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,480 | 265 | #337 |
| 1916 | 38 | #1,148 | 255 | #334 |
| 1915 | 30 | #1,293 | 266 | #319 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,157 | 183 | #345 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,479 | 126 | #374 |
| 1912 | 24 | #1,060 | 135 | #319 |
| 1911 | 19 | #1,011 | 51 | #399 |
| 1910 | 20 | #978 | 59 | #322 |
| 1909 | 11 | #1,309 | 58 | #300 |
| 1908 | 14 | #1,099 | 48 | #319 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,674 | 49 | #305 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,446 | 41 | #321 |
| 1905 | 12 | #1,105 | 40 | #317 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,284 | 38 | #323 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,228 | 39 | #300 |
| 1902 | under 5 | 31 | #356 | |
| 1901 | under 5 | 29 | #337 | |
| 1900 | 9 | #1,342 | 40 | #344 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,444 | 25 | #364 |
| 1898 | under 5 | 28 | #364 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 36 | #307 | |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,318 | 29 | #357 |
| 1895 | under 5 | 33 | #319 | |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,386 | 25 | #369 |
| 1893 | under 5 | 26 | #351 | |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,025 | 30 | #342 |
| 1891 | under 5 | 33 | #283 | |
| 1890 | under 5 | 32 | #304 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 33 | #295 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 30 | #332 | |
| 1887 | under 5 | 16 | #425 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 25 | #340 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 20 | #402 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 19 | #417 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 19 | #406 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 27 | #334 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 25 | #325 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 20 | #383 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Dallas a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 87,085 Americans recorded as Dallas, 18% are girls and 82% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Dallas: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Dallas, and how old are they?
69,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 80% of the 87,085 Americans ever recorded as Dallas. The median Dallas alive today is 24 years old; half are between 10 and 38.
The 2020 Census counted 53,582 people named Dallas (10,378 women and girls, 43,204 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 61,573 born in the U.S. The Census count is 13% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,720 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 5,360 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 5,970 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 14,900 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 18,100 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 23,400 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Dallas born?
The states with the most babies named Dallas are Texas, Georgia and Florida, with 27% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 216 | #219 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 165 | #92 | 1.4× |
| Florida | 117 | #245 | 1.0× |
| California | 100 | #424 | 0.5× |
| Alabama | 89 | #58 | 1.3× |
| North Carolina | 86 | #168 | 1.6× |
| Ohio | 81 | #199 | 1.1× |
| Tennessee | 72 | #171 | 1.6× |
| Indiana | 63 | #156 | 1.4× |
| Michigan | 58 | #253 | 0.9× |
Where Dallas is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Dallas is most over-represented in West Virginia: since 1910 it was given 2.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Dallas with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 88,881 babies since 1880, Dallas is the most given (98% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,888 of their 1,917 babies (98%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Dallas
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Adel | 3,002 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Dallas and names like it
- Compare Dallas and DallisBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sDallas peaked in 2015.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Dallas since 1910.
- From place namesWiktionary’s origin for Dallas: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2015The year the most babies were named Dallas.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Dallas alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with DMost given first.