Is Dallas a boy or girl name?
Dallas is used for both, more often for boys in the US. In 2024, 444 girls and 1,448 boys were named Dallas, so 23.5% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 18.2% of the 85,179 US babies named Dallas were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #243
- Girl rank, 2024
- #657
- Babies named Dallas since 1880
- 85,179
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 1,971 babies
Boys and girls named Dallas, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 234 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 297 | 28 | 8.6% |
| 1900s | 413 | 79 | 16.1% |
| 1910s | 1,971 | 263 | 11.8% |
| 1920s | 3,768 | 376 | 9.1% |
| 1930s | 4,237 | 312 | 6.9% |
| 1940s | 4,358 | 311 | 6.7% |
| 1950s | 4,064 | 374 | 8.4% |
| 1960s | 3,235 | 294 | 8.3% |
| 1970s | 3,659 | 576 | 13.6% |
| 1980s | 5,653 | 1,020 | 15.3% |
| 1990s | 10,443 | 3,227 | 23.6% |
| 2000s | 8,651 | 2,030 | 19% |
| 2010s | 11,993 | 4,267 | 26.2% |
| 2020s | 6,737 | 2,309 | 25.5% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,448 | #243 | 444 | #657 |
| 2023 | 1,382 | #252 | 484 | #617 |
| 2022 | 1,355 | #254 | 458 | #642 |
| 2021 | 1,286 | #270 | 465 | #636 |
| 2020 | 1,266 | #269 | 458 | #632 |
| 2019 | 1,235 | #283 | 508 | #598 |
| 2018 | 1,230 | #286 | 474 | #630 |
| 2017 | 1,401 | #260 | 522 | #580 |
| 2016 | 1,224 | #296 | 482 | #621 |
| 2015 | 1,420 | #255 | 551 | #562 |
| 2014 | 1,366 | #270 | 525 | #580 |
| 2013 | 1,167 | #301 | 459 | #612 |
| 2012 | 984 | #321 | 289 | #904 |
| 2011 | 962 | #326 | 236 | #1,047 |
| 2010 | 1,004 | #319 | 221 | #1,117 |
| 2009 | 934 | #338 | 213 | #1,181 |
| 2008 | 992 | #332 | 197 | #1,267 |
| 2007 | 949 | #339 | 199 | #1,244 |
| 2006 | 864 | #351 | 207 | #1,174 |
| 2005 | 814 | #362 | 178 | #1,263 |
| 2004 | 788 | #357 | 188 | #1,191 |
| 2003 | 684 | #384 | 187 | #1,154 |
| 2002 | 804 | #340 | 209 | #1,035 |
| 2001 | 878 | #321 | 209 | #1,032 |
| 2000 | 944 | #309 | 243 | #901 |
| 1999 | 950 | #303 | 236 | #897 |
| 1998 | 1,007 | #286 | 286 | #754 |
| 1997 | 1,183 | #248 | 343 | #646 |
| 1996 | 1,290 | #234 | 438 | #536 |
| 1995 | 1,374 | #214 | 447 | #533 |
| 1994 | 1,304 | #223 | 467 | #529 |
| 1993 | 1,156 | #246 | 450 | #532 |
| 1992 | 895 | #299 | 351 | #642 |
| 1991 | 693 | #352 | 103 | #1,507 |
| 1990 | 591 | #392 | 106 | #1,470 |
| 1989 | 590 | #380 | 110 | #1,377 |
| 1988 | 591 | #352 | 123 | #1,218 |
| 1987 | 562 | #348 | 99 | #1,374 |
| 1986 | 537 | #352 | 91 | #1,406 |
| 1985 | 562 | #339 | 85 | #1,463 |
| 1984 | 551 | #338 | 110 | #1,194 |
| 1983 | 459 | #377 | 80 | #1,452 |
| 1982 | 534 | #348 | 86 | #1,418 |
| 1981 | 587 | #326 | 119 | #1,145 |
| 1980 | 680 | #298 | 117 | #1,152 |
| 1979 | 609 | #316 | 110 | #1,193 |
| 1978 | 463 | #358 | 84 | #1,388 |
| 1977 | 337 | #432 | 53 | #1,882 |
| 1976 | 327 | #428 | 54 | #1,751 |
| 1975 | 342 | #420 | 35 | #2,327 |
| 1974 | 291 | #470 | 36 | #2,220 |
| 1973 | 279 | #468 | 44 | #1,889 |
| 1972 | 304 | #451 | 41 | #1,977 |
| 1971 | 350 | #437 | 47 | #1,859 |
| 1970 | 357 | #430 | 72 | #1,438 |
| 1969 | 301 | #449 | 36 | #2,110 |
| 1968 | 302 | #437 | 37 | #1,982 |
| 1967 | 273 | #456 | 20 | #2,796 |
| 1966 | 301 | #441 | 30 | #2,152 |
| 1965 | 320 | #432 | 19 | #2,854 |
| 1964 | 334 | #437 | 29 | #2,256 |
| 1963 | 359 | #425 | 27 | #2,315 |
| 1962 | 354 | #424 | 31 | #2,123 |
| 1961 | 341 | #430 | 21 | #2,690 |
| 1960 | 350 | #429 | 44 | #1,700 |
| 1959 | 370 | #414 | 32 | #1,992 |
| 1958 | 366 | #408 | 32 | #1,947 |
| 1957 | 368 | #407 | 31 | #1,959 |
| 1956 | 411 | #364 | 29 | #2,009 |
| 1955 | 418 | #352 | 38 | #1,672 |
| 1954 | 405 | #357 | 48 | #1,445 |
| 1953 | 455 | #329 | 52 | #1,347 |
| 1952 | 422 | #337 | 47 | #1,422 |
| 1951 | 435 | #330 | 43 | #1,436 |
| 1950 | 414 | #331 | 22 | #2,064 |
| 1949 | 369 | #351 | 25 | #1,923 |
| 1948 | 435 | #320 | 33 | #1,626 |
| 1947 | 433 | #330 | 30 | #1,765 |
| 1946 | 382 | #331 | 36 | #1,467 |
| 1945 | 381 | #304 | 32 | #1,423 |
| 1944 | 416 | #291 | 34 | #1,385 |
| 1943 | 492 | #275 | 35 | #1,401 |
| 1942 | 480 | #273 | 45 | #1,184 |
| 1941 | 485 | #252 | 19 | #1,895 |
| 1940 | 485 | #247 | 22 | #1,701 |
| 1939 | 510 | #230 | 34 | #1,270 |
| 1938 | 552 | #219 | 38 | #1,187 |
| 1937 | 407 | #270 | 26 | #1,459 |
| 1936 | 361 | #283 | 25 | #1,486 |
| 1935 | 410 | #269 | 31 | #1,310 |
| 1934 | 403 | #270 | 21 | #1,659 |
| 1933 | 383 | #269 | 35 | #1,207 |
| 1932 | 418 | #269 | 33 | #1,271 |
| 1931 | 411 | #271 | 32 | #1,291 |
| 1930 | 382 | #291 | 37 | #1,237 |
| 1929 | 399 | #278 | 30 | #1,397 |
| 1928 | 375 | #292 | 37 | #1,256 |
| 1927 | 416 | #276 | 43 | #1,176 |
| 1926 | 426 | #276 | 34 | #1,363 |
| 1925 | 370 | #298 | 42 | #1,198 |
| 1924 | 328 | #319 | 45 | #1,172 |
| 1923 | 352 | #299 | 45 | #1,147 |
| 1922 | 380 | #289 | 34 | #1,376 |
| 1921 | 372 | #292 | 35 | #1,346 |
| 1920 | 350 | #306 | 31 | #1,449 |
| 1919 | 301 | #323 | 27 | #1,534 |
| 1918 | 330 | #306 | 35 | #1,283 |
| 1917 | 265 | #337 | 26 | #1,480 |
| 1916 | 255 | #334 | 38 | #1,148 |
| 1915 | 266 | #319 | 30 | #1,293 |
| 1914 | 183 | #345 | 28 | #1,157 |
| 1913 | 126 | #374 | 16 | #1,479 |
| 1912 | 135 | #319 | 24 | #1,060 |
| 1911 | 51 | #399 | 19 | #1,011 |
| 1910 | 59 | #322 | 20 | #978 |
| 1909 | 58 | #300 | 11 | #1,309 |
| 1908 | 48 | #319 | 14 | #1,099 |
| 1907 | 49 | #305 | 7 | #1,675 |
| 1906 | 41 | #321 | 8 | #1,446 |
| 1905 | 40 | #317 | 12 | #1,105 |
| 1904 | 38 | #323 | 9 | #1,285 |
| 1903 | 39 | #300 | 9 | #1,228 |
| 1902 | 31 | #356 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 29 | #337 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 40 | #344 | 9 | #1,343 |
| 1899 | 25 | #364 | 6 | #1,445 |
| 1898 | 28 | #364 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 36 | #307 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 29 | #357 | 7 | #1,318 |
| 1895 | 33 | #319 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 25 | #369 | 6 | #1,387 |
| 1893 | 26 | #351 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 30 | #342 | 9 | #1,025 |
| 1891 | 33 | #283 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 32 | #304 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 33 | #295 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 30 | #332 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 16 | #425 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 25 | #340 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 20 | #402 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 19 | #417 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 19 | #406 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 27 | #334 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 25 | #325 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 20 | #383 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Dallas reached #214 in 1995. As a girl name, it reached #529 in 1994. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2010s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Dallas
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.