How rare is the name Dallas?

53,582 people in the United States have the first name Dallas, about 1 in 5,637. It ranks #854 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DALLAS

#854

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
53,582
About
1 in 5,637
This common or more
67.7%
Who bears it

Of the 53,582 people named Dallas, 69.6% reported their origin as White, 15.7% as Black and 7.1% as Hispanic or Latino. 80.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Dallas peaked in 2015, when 1,971 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
1,971
In 2025*
1,888 ▼4%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 87,085 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Dallas by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #371. The largest share of babies named Dallas, 27%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#773234
1890s#803325
1900s#760492
1910s#6712,234
1920s#6104,144
1930s#5464,549
1940s#6234,669
1950s#7674,438
1960s#9223,530
1970s#8444,234
1980s#6776,673
1990s#44313,670
2000s#60110,681
2010s#43716,262
2020s#37110,950
Before 19010.7%
Greatest Generation 1901–276.9%
Silent Generation 1928–459.5%
Baby boom 1946–649.3%
Generation X 1965–807.7%
Millennials 1981–9617.8%
Generation Z 1997–1221.1%
2013 and later27%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Dallas is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dallas has been most common in Utah (2.5×), West Virginia (2.3×), and Kentucky (2×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.11×).

78,013 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Dallas

#852 Sidney · 53,874#853 Thelma · 53,801#855 Yvette · 53,499#856 Aria · 53,360

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dallas, most common first.

#11,119 Dallis · 1,171#40,339 Dallys · 185#40,852 Dalas · 181#43,502 Dalles · 162

Also a last name

As a last name, Dallas ranks #3,977 of 156,621, with 8,653 people. See Dallas as a last name

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