Dallas
#686 for girls in 2025, 413 births · #238 for boys in 2025, 1,475 births
Given to boys 81.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1995 · 1,374 births
- Debut · boys
- 20 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 71,203since 1880
Dallas over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #686 | 413 | #238 | 1,475 |
| 2024 | #657 | 446 | #243 | 1,453 |
| 2023 | #617 | 484 | #252 | 1,383 |
| 2022 | #642 | 458 | #253 | 1,359 |
| 2021 | #635 | 466 | #270 | 1,287 |
| 2020 | #632 | 459 | #269 | 1,267 |
| 2019 | #598 | 508 | #283 | 1,235 |
| 2018 | #630 | 474 | #286 | 1,231 |
| 2017 | #578 | 522 | #260 | 1,401 |
| 2016 | #619 | 482 | #296 | 1,224 |
| 2015 | #562 | 551 | #255 | 1,420 |
| 2014 | #580 | 525 | #270 | 1,366 |
| 2013 | #612 | 459 | #301 | 1,168 |
| 2012 | #904 | 289 | #321 | 984 |
| 2011 | #1,045 | 236 | #326 | 962 |
| 2010 | #1,115 | 221 | #319 | 1,004 |
| 2009 | #1,180 | 213 | #338 | 934 |
| 2008 | #1,265 | 197 | #332 | 992 |
| 2007 | #1,244 | 199 | #339 | 949 |
| 2006 | #1,173 | 207 | #351 | 864 |
| 2005 | #1,262 | 178 | #361 | 814 |
| 2004 | #1,191 | 188 | #357 | 788 |
| 2003 | #1,154 | 187 | #384 | 684 |
| 2002 | #1,034 | 209 | #340 | 804 |
| 2001 | #1,032 | 209 | #321 | 878 |
| 2000 | #901 | 243 | #309 | 944 |
| 1999 | #897 | 236 | #303 | 950 |
| 1998 | #754 | 286 | #286 | 1,007 |
| 1997 | #646 | 343 | #248 | 1,183 |
| 1996 | #535 | 438 | #234 | 1,290 |
| 1995 | #533 | 447 | #214 | 1,374 |
| 1994 | #528 | 467 | #222 | 1,304 |
| 1993 | #532 | 450 | #246 | 1,156 |
| 1992 | #642 | 351 | #299 | 895 |
| 1991 | #1,505 | 103 | #350 | 693 |
| 1990 | #1,468 | 106 | #392 | 591 |
| 1989 | #1,373 | 110 | #380 | 590 |
| 1988 | #1,217 | 123 | #351 | 591 |
| 1987 | #1,371 | 99 | #348 | 562 |
| 1986 | #1,405 | 91 | #351 | 537 |
| 1985 | #1,458 | 85 | #339 | 562 |
| 1984 | #1,190 | 110 | #338 | 551 |
| 1983 | #1,447 | 80 | #377 | 459 |
| 1982 | #1,417 | 86 | #348 | 534 |
| 1981 | #1,145 | 119 | #326 | 587 |
| 1980 | #1,152 | 117 | #298 | 680 |
| 1979 | #1,193 | 110 | #316 | 609 |
| 1978 | #1,386 | 84 | #359 | 462 |
| 1977 | #1,877 | 53 | #431 | 338 |
| 1976 | #1,747 | 54 | #428 | 327 |
| 1975 | #2,357 | 34 | #420 | 342 |
| 1974 | #2,213 | 36 | #470 | 291 |
| 1973 | #1,885 | 44 | #467 | 279 |
| 1972 | #1,975 | 41 | #451 | 304 |
| 1971 | #1,857 | 47 | #436 | 350 |
| 1970 | #1,430 | 72 | #430 | 357 |
| 1969 | #2,102 | 36 | #449 | 301 |
| 1968 | #1,975 | 37 | #437 | 302 |
| 1967 | #2,781 | 20 | #456 | 273 |
| 1966 | #2,147 | 30 | #441 | 301 |
| 1965 | #2,833 | 19 | #432 | 320 |
| 1964 | #2,246 | 29 | #437 | 334 |
| 1963 | #2,306 | 27 | #425 | 359 |
| 1962 | #2,113 | 31 | #424 | 354 |
| 1961 | #2,673 | 21 | #430 | 341 |
| 1960 | #1,695 | 44 | #429 | 351 |
| 1959 | #1,985 | 32 | #413 | 370 |
| 1958 | #1,939 | 32 | #407 | 366 |
| 1957 | #1,957 | 31 | #406 | 368 |
| 1956 | #2,005 | 29 | #364 | 411 |
| 1955 | #1,667 | 38 | #352 | 418 |
| 1954 | #1,444 | 48 | #356 | 405 |
| 1953 | #1,344 | 52 | #329 | 455 |
| 1952 | #1,420 | 47 | #337 | 422 |
| 1951 | #1,434 | 43 | #330 | 435 |
| 1950 | #2,053 | 22 | #331 | 414 |
| 1949 | #1,917 | 25 | #351 | 369 |
| 1948 | #1,621 | 33 | #320 | 435 |
| 1947 | #1,752 | 30 | #330 | 433 |
| 1946 | #1,467 | 36 | #331 | 382 |
| 1945 | #1,418 | 32 | #304 | 381 |
| 1944 | #1,381 | 34 | #291 | 416 |
| 1943 | #1,395 | 35 | #275 | 492 |
| 1942 | #1,180 | 45 | #273 | 480 |
| 1941 | #1,882 | 19 | #252 | 485 |
| 1940 | #1,682 | 22 | #247 | 485 |
| 1939 | #1,265 | 34 | #230 | 510 |
| 1938 | #1,182 | 38 | #219 | 552 |
| 1937 | #1,451 | 26 | #270 | 407 |
| 1936 | #1,480 | 25 | #282 | 361 |
| 1935 | #1,307 | 31 | #269 | 410 |
| 1934 | #1,651 | 21 | #270 | 403 |
| 1933 | #1,197 | 35 | #269 | 383 |
| 1932 | #1,268 | 33 | #269 | 418 |
| 1931 | #1,287 | 32 | #271 | 411 |
| 1930 | #1,232 | 37 | #291 | 382 |
| 1929 | #1,393 | 30 | #278 | 399 |
| 1928 | #1,254 | 37 | #292 | 375 |
| 1927 | #1,172 | 43 | #276 | 416 |
| 1926 | #1,357 | 34 | #276 | 426 |
| 1925 | #1,196 | 42 | #298 | 370 |
| 1924 | #1,170 | 45 | #319 | 328 |
| 1923 | #1,142 | 45 | #299 | 352 |
| 1922 | #1,366 | 34 | #289 | 380 |
| 1921 | #1,341 | 35 | #292 | 372 |
| 1920 | #1,439 | 31 | #305 | 350 |
| 1919 | #1,527 | 27 | #323 | 301 |
| 1918 | #1,277 | 35 | #306 | 330 |
| 1917 | #1,470 | 26 | #337 | 265 |
| 1916 | #1,147 | 38 | #334 | 255 |
| 1915 | #1,285 | 30 | #319 | 266 |
| 1914 | #1,147 | 28 | #345 | 183 |
| 1913 | #1,465 | 16 | #374 | 126 |
| 1912 | #1,055 | 24 | #319 | 135 |
| 1911 | #1,007 | 19 | #399 | 51 |
| 1910 | #970 | 20 | #321 | 59 |
| 1909 | #1,290 | 11 | #299 | 58 |
| 1908 | #1,084 | 14 | #316 | 48 |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | #304 | 49 |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | #321 | 41 |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 | #316 | 40 |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 | #322 | 38 |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | #300 | 39 |
| 1902 | — | #355 | 31 | |
| 1901 | — | #334 | 29 | |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 | #343 | 40 |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | #362 | 25 |
| 1898 | — | #364 | 28 | |
| 1897 | — | #306 | 36 | |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 | #357 | 29 |
| 1895 | — | #316 | 33 | |
| 1894 | #1,353 | 6 | #367 | 25 |
| 1893 | — | #349 | 26 | |
| 1892 | #1,017 | 9 | #341 | 30 |
| 1891 | — | #283 | 33 | |
| 1890 | — | #302 | 32 | |
| 1889 | — | #294 | 33 | |
| 1888 | — | #330 | 30 | |
| 1887 | — | #420 | 16 | |
| 1886 | — | #336 | 25 | |
| 1885 | — | #399 | 20 | |
| 1884 | — | #416 | 19 | |
| 1883 | — | #402 | 19 | |
| 1882 | — | #332 | 27 | |
| 1881 | — | #324 | 25 | |
| 1880 | — | #381 | 20 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1995 at #214 (1,374 births)
- Births halved by 2003, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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
- 16.8% of all boys named Dallas (11,995) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 234 | #294 (1889) | #363 |
| 1890s | 297 | #283 (1891) | #335 |
| 1900s | 413 | #299 (1909) | #321 |
| 1910s | 1,971 | #306 (1918) | #338 |
| 1920s | 3,768 | #276 (1926) | #292 |
| 1930s | 4,237 | #219 (1938) | #264 |
| 1940s | 4,358 | #247 (1940) | #297 |
| 1950s | 4,064 | #329 (1953) | #363 |
| 1960s | 3,236 | #424 (1962) | #436 |
| 1970s | 3,659 | #316 (1979) | #421 |
| 1980s | 5,653 | #298 (1980) | #346 |
| 1990s | 10,443 | #214 (1995) | #279 |
| 2000s | 8,651 | #309 (2000) | #343 |
| 2010s | 11,995 | #255 (2015) | #292 |
| 2020s | 8,224 | #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 2002
Top girls' names in 2002
Top boys' names in 2002
More about 2002
girls
1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 8,598 of them was named Dallas, which outranked 94.3% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,941,514 boys got a published name in 2002; 1 in 2,415 of them was named Dallas, which outranked 97.3% of the 12,489 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.