Dallas

Meaning: “meadow dwelling”
Origin: Scottish (Pictish) — From a place name

Meaning: “valley house”
Origin: English — From a place name

Boy's name · #238 in the US (2025) · Trending

75% boys · 25% girls — Dallas is also given to girls: 413 in 2025, about 25% in recent years. Dallas →

Popularity over time

Dallas is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1880, it stood at #238 in 2025; about 71,000 boys have been named Dallas along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

In recent years, Dallas ran 3–4× its national rate in Mississippi and Alabama—ranked #58 in Alabama in 2025.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 42 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Dallas ranks in other countries and regions.

#354 in New Zealand (2025) · #1,281 in England & Wales (2025) · #365 in Canada (2024).

Famous Dallases

Dallas Long — American shot putter (1940–2024)
Dallas Roberts — American actor (born 1970)
Dallas Liu — American actor
Dallas Bixler — Gymnast (1910–1990)
Dallas Austin — American musician, songwriter, record producer, and film producer

In stories & tradition

Dallas Winston — The Outsiders (novel)
Dallas Genoard — Baccano! (novel series)
Dallas — Payday: The Heist (video game)

What Dallases become

Among 221 notable people named Dallas:

Sports figures appear 2.43× more often than among typical names — e.g. Dallas Bixler, American artistic gymnast (1910–1990).

Similar names: Lane · Dante · Griffin · Desmond · Devin · Drew

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