Dallas

Meaning: Meadow dwelling
Origin: Scottish place name

Meaning: Dweller at the house in the valley
Origin: English surname — The source of the name of Dallas, Texas

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.

#350 in Canada (2025) · #354 in New Zealand (2025) · #1,276 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,144 in Sweden (2025) · #3,499 in Ecuador (2025) · #446 in Scotland (2005).

Famous Dallases

Dallas Long — American track and field athlete (1940–2024)
Dallas Roberts — American actor (born 1970)
Dallas Liu — American actor (born 2001)
Dallas Austin — American musician, songwriter, record producer (born 1970)
Dallas Jenkins — American film and television director and producer (born 1975)

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 gymnast (1910–1990).

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