Dallas

#686 for girls in 2025, 413 births · #238 for boys in 2025, 1,475 births
Given to boys 81.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1995 · 1,374 births
Debut · boys
20 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
71,203
since 1880

Dallas over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201950peak #528, 1994peak #214, 1995girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#686413#2381,475
2024#657446#2431,453
2023#617484#2521,383
2022#642458#2531,359
2021#635466#2701,287
2020#632459#2691,267
2019#598508#2831,235
2018#630474#2861,231
2017#578522#2601,401
2016#619482#2961,224
2015#562551#2551,420
2014#580525#2701,366
2013#612459#3011,168
2012#904289#321984
2011#1,045236#326962
2010#1,115221#3191,004
2009#1,180213#338934
2008#1,265197#332992
2007#1,244199#339949
2006#1,173207#351864
2005#1,262178#361814
2004#1,191188#357788
2003#1,154187#384684
2002#1,034209#340804
2001#1,032209#321878
2000#901243#309944
1999#897236#303950
1998#754286#2861,007
1997#646343#2481,183
1996#535438#2341,290
1995#533447#2141,374
1994#528467#2221,304
1993#532450#2461,156
1992#642351#299895
1991#1,505103#350693
1990#1,468106#392591
1989#1,373110#380590
1988#1,217123#351591
1987#1,37199#348562
1986#1,40591#351537
1985#1,45885#339562
1984#1,190110#338551
1983#1,44780#377459
1982#1,41786#348534
1981#1,145119#326587
1980#1,152117#298680
1979#1,193110#316609
1978#1,38684#359462
1977#1,87753#431338
1976#1,74754#428327
1975#2,35734#420342
1974#2,21336#470291
1973#1,88544#467279
1972#1,97541#451304
1971#1,85747#436350
1970#1,43072#430357
1969#2,10236#449301
1968#1,97537#437302
1967#2,78120#456273
1966#2,14730#441301
1965#2,83319#432320
1964#2,24629#437334
1963#2,30627#425359
1962#2,11331#424354
1961#2,67321#430341
1960#1,69544#429351
1959#1,98532#413370
1958#1,93932#407366
1957#1,95731#406368
1956#2,00529#364411
1955#1,66738#352418
1954#1,44448#356405
1953#1,34452#329455
1952#1,42047#337422
1951#1,43443#330435
1950#2,05322#331414
1949#1,91725#351369
1948#1,62133#320435
1947#1,75230#330433
1946#1,46736#331382
1945#1,41832#304381
1944#1,38134#291416
1943#1,39535#275492
1942#1,18045#273480
1941#1,88219#252485
1940#1,68222#247485
1939#1,26534#230510
1938#1,18238#219552
1937#1,45126#270407
1936#1,48025#282361
1935#1,30731#269410
1934#1,65121#270403
1933#1,19735#269383
1932#1,26833#269418
1931#1,28732#271411
1930#1,23237#291382
1929#1,39330#278399
1928#1,25437#292375
1927#1,17243#276416
1926#1,35734#276426
1925#1,19642#298370
1924#1,17045#319328
1923#1,14245#299352
1922#1,36634#289380
1921#1,34135#292372
1920#1,43931#305350
1919#1,52727#323301
1918#1,27735#306330
1917#1,47026#337265
1916#1,14738#334255
1915#1,28530#319266
1914#1,14728#345183
1913#1,46516#374126
1912#1,05524#319135
1911#1,00719#39951
1910#97020#32159
1909#1,29011#29958
1908#1,08414#31648
1907#1,6397#30449
1906#1,4168#32141
1905#1,09312#31640
1904#1,2519#32238
1903#1,2049#30039
1902—#35531
1901—#33429
1900#1,3199#34340
1899#1,3946#36225
1898—#36428
1897—#30636
1896#1,2927#35729
1895—#31633
1894#1,3536#36725
1893—#34926
1892#1,0179#34130
1891—#28333
1890—#30232
1889—#29433
1888—#33030
1887—#42016
1886—#33625
1885—#39920
1884—#41619
1883—#40219
1882—#33227
1881—#32425
1880—#38120
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Dallas was already there! It came in at #381, and was given to 20 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 17 boys a year got the name.

Where Dallas is popular in 1950

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Dallas, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Dallas, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Dallas, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Dallas, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Dallas, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Dallas, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Dallas, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #191 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,484 boysNDMinnesota: #238 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,563 boysMNIllinois: #287 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 4,416 boysILWisconsin: #239 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,351 boysWIMichigan: #263 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 4,093 boysMINew York: #628 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 25,141 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Dallas, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Dallas, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Dallas, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Dallas, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Dallas, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #139 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 897 boysSDIowa: #215 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,149 boysIAIndiana: #227 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 2,496 boysINOhio: #271 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 4,324 boysOHPennsylvania: #427 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 13,549 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Dallas, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Dallas, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #518 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 11,094 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Dallas, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Dallas, so not publishedCONebraska: #184 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,482 boysNEMissouri: #296 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 4,168 boysMOKentucky: #142 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 965 boysKYWest Virginia: #136 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 935 boysWVVirginia: #215 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,851 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Dallas, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Dallas, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Dallas, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Dallas, so not publishedNMKansas: #224 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,991 boysKSArkansas: #262 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,225 boysARTennessee: #229 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 2,178 boysTNNorth Carolina: #206 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 1,435 boysNCSouth Carolina: #279 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,170 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Dallas, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Dallas, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #379 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,935 boysLAMississippi: #421 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,819 boysMSAlabama: #345 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,228 boysALGeorgia: #497 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,687 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Dallas, so not publishedHITexas: #801 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 14,833 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Dallas, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. West Virginia#136 · 1 in 935
  2. South Dakota#139 · 1 in 897
  3. Kentucky#142 · 1 in 965
  4. Nebraska#184 · 1 in 1,482
  5. North Dakota#191 · 1 in 1,484

Best ever in a state: #31 in Mississippi, 2022.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#136261 in 935
South Dakota#13991 in 897
Kentucky#142371 in 965
Nebraska#184101 in 1,482
North Dakota#19151 in 1,484
North Carolina#206351 in 1,435
Iowa#215141 in 2,149
Virginia#215201 in 1,851
Kansas#224101 in 1,991
Indiana#227181 in 2,496
Tennessee#229181 in 2,178
Minnesota#238101 in 3,563
Wisconsin#23991 in 4,351
Arkansas#262101 in 2,225
Michigan#263191 in 4,093
Ohio#271211 in 4,324
South Carolina#27991 in 3,170
Illinois#287211 in 4,416
Missouri#296101 in 4,168
Alabama#34591 in 4,228
Louisiana#37991 in 3,935
Mississippi#42151 in 5,819
Pennsylvania#42781 in 13,549
Georgia#49751 in 8,687
California#518111 in 11,094
New York#62861 in 25,141
Texas#80171 in 14,833
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Dallas
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 5 spots since 2024 (#243 → #238)
  • 31 spots since 2020 (#269 → #238)
  • 17 spots since 2015 (#255 → #238)
  • Biggest jump: 90 spots in 1888 (#420 → #330)
  • Biggest drop: 84 spots in 1887 (#336 → #420)
Rise & fade · boys
115 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1995 at #214 (1,374 births)
  • Births halved by 2003, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,158
  • Highest: 1 in 1,158 boys born in 2025 were named Dallas (0.09%)
  • Its best rank, #214 in 1995, was only 1 in 1,386 (0.07%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 16.8% of all boys named Dallas (11,995) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s234#294 (1889)#363
1890s297#283 (1891)#335
1900s413#299 (1909)#321
1910s1,971#306 (1918)#338
1920s3,768#276 (1926)#292
1930s4,237#219 (1938)#264
1940s4,358#247 (1940)#297
1950s4,064#329 (1953)#363
1960s3,236#424 (1962)#436
1970s3,659#316 (1979)#421
1980s5,653#298 (1980)#346
1990s10,443#214 (1995)#279
2000s8,651#309 (2000)#343
2010s11,995#255 (2015)#292
2020s8,224#238 (2025)#254

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Dallas in 1950

girls
#2,053
22 births · 1 in 77,866 girls
boys
#331
414 births · 1 in 4,324 boys

Top girls' names in 1950

  1. #1Linda80,433
  2. #2Mary65,481
  3. #3Patricia47,944
  4. #4Barbara41,556
  5. #5Susan38,017
  6. #6Nancy29,617
  7. #7Deborah29,063
  8. #8Sandra28,896
  9. #9Carol26,163
  10. #10Kathleen25,706
  11. #2,053Dallas22

Top boys' names in 1950

  1. #1James86,228
  2. #2Robert83,553
  3. #3John79,412
  4. #4Michael65,136
  5. #5David60,729
  6. #6William60,680
  7. #7Richard51,003
  8. #8Thomas45,596
  9. #9Charles39,095
  10. #10Gary33,737
  11. #331Dallas414
More about 1950

girls

1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 77,866 of them was named Dallas, which outranked 66.4% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dallas
  1. #2,002Valery23
  2. #2,002Versie23
  3. #2,002Zita23
  4. #2,053Dallas22
  5. #2,053Adelaida22
  6. #2,053Arnette22
  7. #2,053Artis22
  8. #2,121Alease21
  9. #2,121Alesia21
  10. #2,121Almeda21

Tied with 67 names at #2,053; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,242Mindy#2,013 → #771
  2. ↑ 649Geralyn#1,627 → #978
  3. ↑ 636Kyle#1,512 → #876
  4. ↑ 416Debrah#1,109 → #693
  5. ↑ 405Debbra#1,353 → #948
Fallers
  1. ↓ 241Luana#823 → #1,064
  2. ↓ 231Christene#930 → #1,161
  3. ↓ 216Pearline#785 → #1,001
  4. ↓ 210Ingrid#518 → #728
  5. ↓ 201Dayle#982 → #1,183

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 4,324 of them was named Dallas, which outranked 92.1% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dallas
  1. #328Ervin424
  2. #329Nick422
  3. #330Grady419
  4. #331Dallas414
  5. #332Stephan412
  6. #333Percy411
  7. #334Rufus407
Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. ↑ 744Ezzard#1,616 → #872
  2. ↑ 510Kelvin#1,085 → #575
  3. ↑ 447Nancy#1,297 → #850
  4. ↑ 420Samual#1,380 → #960
  5. ↑ 376Shaun#1,275 → #899
Fallers
  1. ↓ 371Sharon#885 → #1,256
  2. ↓ 369Melvyn#770 → #1,139
  3. ↓ 367Les#997 → #1,364
  4. ↓ 351Delmas#905 → #1,256
  5. ↓ 315Denzil#808 → #1,123

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1950 →