Dallas

What Dallas means

Means “dweller at the house in the dale”

Dallas, vice president to Polk; family name is evolved from dalhous (13th c.), meaning "dweller at the house in the dale," from dale + house.

Source: Wiktionary, “Dallas” (revision 94538650), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Dallas?

US: Steady: #255 in 2015, #238 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1786 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,475 boys got the name (#238 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 1,158 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 12,361 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AL (3.44 per 1,000 boys), MS (2.95 per 1,000 boys), LA (2.51 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Dallas is #238 in the US and #1276 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 78.1% of US babies named Dallas were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Dallis11 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Dallas

Boys

• Stetson#136“site in the Parish of South Brent”^*
• Calvin#132“bald”^*
• Lorenzo#117Editor’s note Up from #216 in 2015 to #117 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 560 US boys in the 2025 records
• Dean#125“valley”^*
• Milan#242Editor’s note Used for both: 80% of US babies named Milan in 2025 were boys
• Rhett#188“advice”^*

For a sister

• Isla#28Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #142 in 2015, #28 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
• Dakota#295“ally”^*
• Brooklyn#118“wetland, marsh”^*
• Savannah#135From the word “savannah”^*
• Palmer#232“a pilgrim from the Holy Land”^*
• Blake#295“black”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a place name where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Dallas’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.