Dallas

A unisex name of Scottish Gaelic origin, meaning from the meadow dwelling or field place.

Babies a year
1,908
the US, 2017
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#238
up from #243
UK popularity
#1276
22 babies

How Dallas has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#212#267#322201520202025#238

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#255
2016#296
2017#260
2018#286
2019#283
2020#269
2021#270
2022#253
2023#252
2024#243
2025#238

Dallas by the numbers

In 2025, 22 babies in England and Wales were named Dallas. In the US, 1,908 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 1,414 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

At its height, in 1995, about 1 in 1,500 American babies born that year was called Dallas.

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Dallas as a share of American babies born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dallas. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Dallisfrom the valley; a variant of Dallas38 in the US (2017)
  • Dyllanson of the sea; variant spelling of Dylan56 in the US (2017)
  • Dalis18 in the US (2017)
  • Dallie8 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Dallas

Names that are said the same way as Dallas, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Other names that mean home

Like Dallas, each of these has home in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Henryruler of the home2,295 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Xaviernew house4,468 in the US (2017)
  • Grahamgravelly homestead or gray home2,112 in the US (2017)
  • Harryruler of the home; from Henry1,718 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Javiernew house1,638 in the US (2017)
  • Enzoruler of the home; from Heinz617 in England and Wales (2025)

Other names that mean a meadow or field

Like Dallas, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
  • Savannahgrassy plain; treeless plain5,231 in the US (2017)
  • Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
  • Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
  • Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
  • Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Dallas

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