Dallas
Dallas is ranked 243rd among boys in 2024 (1,448 births). Its best rank was 214th, in 1995.
- Rank in 2024
- #243up 9 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,4480.08% of boys
- Peak year
- 20241,448 births
- Best rank
- #214in 1995
- Since 1880
- 85,179people given the name
The story in the numbers
69,713 boys have been named Dallas in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 1,448 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1993, and the 2010s alone account for 17%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Dallas is used for both sexes: 18% of its bearers are girls (15,466), most of them born around 2015.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Dallas | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 234 | |
| 1890s | 297 | |
| 1900s | 413 | |
| 1910s | 1,971 | |
| 1920s | 3,768 | |
| 1930s | 4,237 | |
| 1940s | 4,358 | |
| 1950s | 4,064 | |
| 1960s | 3,235 | |
| 1970s | 3,659 | |
| 1980s | 5,653 | |
| 1990s | 10,443 | |
| 2000s | 8,651 | |
| 2010s | 11,993 | |
| 2020s | 6,737 |
In 2024, its biggest year
Dallas was the 243rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Dallas
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sterlingpeak 2024
- Ivanpeak 2004
- Noelpeak 2014
- Tomaspeak 2003
- Wesleypeak 2024
- Marianopeak 2022
- Raphaelpeak 2024
- Marcelpeak 2022
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.