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
#214
1995 · 1,374 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #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 1973

girls
#1,885
44 births · 1 in 33,141 girls
boys
#467
279 births · 1 in 5,586 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #1,885Dallas44

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #467Dallas279
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 33,141 of them was named Dallas, which outranked 80.8% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dallas
  1. #1,857Sunday45
  2. #1,857Tambra45
  3. #1,857Tari45
  4. #1,885Dallas44
  5. #1,885Alessandra44
  6. #1,885Beckie44
  7. #1,885Chrissy44
  8. #1,913Alta43
  9. #1,913Amity43
  10. #1,913Caridad43

Tied with 27 names at #1,885; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

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

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 5,586 of them was named Dallas, which outranked 92.1% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dallas
  1. #464Wallace284
  2. #465Jess283
  3. #466Ramiro282
  4. #467Dallas279
  5. #467Carey279
  6. #467Desmond279
  7. #467Ismael279
  8. #473Austin277
  9. #473Dylan277
  10. #475Xavier275

Tied with 5 names at #467; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,348Vashon#3,152 → #804
  2. ↑ 1,405Jory#2,158 → #753
  3. ↑ 348Pernell#1,262 → #914
  4. ↑ 345Enoch#1,307 → #962
  5. ↑ 273Tarik#1,177 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
  2. ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
  3. ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
  4. ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1973 →