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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #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.

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 1951

girls
#1,434
43 births · 1 in 41,880 girls
boys
#330
435 births · 1 in 4,328 boys

Top girls' names in 1951

  1. #1Linda73,982
  2. #2Mary65,721
  3. #3Patricia56,446
  4. #4Deborah42,053
  5. #5Barbara40,617
  6. #6Susan40,228
  7. #7Nancy30,346
  8. #8Karen27,998
  9. #9Sandra27,665
  10. #10Kathleen26,716
  11. #1,434Dallas43

Top boys' names in 1951

  1. #1James87,256
  2. #2Robert86,353
  3. #3John81,569
  4. #4Michael72,807
  5. #5David64,788
  6. #6William62,781
  7. #7Richard54,541
  8. #8Thomas48,275
  9. #9Charles39,406
  10. #10Gary38,160
  11. #330Dallas435
More about 1951

girls

1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 41,880 of them was named Dallas, which outranked 76.9% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dallas
  1. #1,415Tresa44
  2. #1,415Valentina44
  3. #1,415Vita44
  4. #1,434Dallas43
  5. #1,434Adella43
  6. #1,434Annis43
  7. #1,434Delaine43
  8. #1,450Arnita42
  9. #1,450Bobette42
  10. #1,450Celine42

Tied with 15 names at #1,434; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. 345Rhona#1,333#988
  2. 307Bobbi#1,153#846
  3. 296Ricki#1,090#794
  4. 295Mindy#771#476
  5. 288Sharleen#1,053#765
Fallers
  1. 395Sharman#668#1,063
  2. 343Manuela#773#1,116
  3. 294Allie#945#1,239
  4. 253Merrie#937#1,190
  5. 252Olive#891#1,143

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

boys

1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 4,328 of them was named Dallas, which outranked 92.2% of the 4,253 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. #327Cary442
  2. #328Unknown439
  3. #329Wilbur436
  4. #330Dallas435
  5. #331Andy427
  6. #332Percy424
  7. #333Dewey418
Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. 428Kimberly#1,139#711
  2. 372Cole#1,364#992
  3. 357Wayland#1,272#915
  4. 354Ricki#1,139#785
  5. 346Lou#1,289#943
Fallers
  1. 944Jory#960#1,904
  2. 502Samual#960#1,462
  3. 426Carlyle#918#1,344
  4. 319Shaun#899#1,218
  5. 318Tex#977#1,295

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

See the top 100 for 1951