Given name & surname
Dallas
“from the valley meadow”·“from the dales; from the city in Texas”
Dallas is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “from the valley meadow” (Scottish) and “from the dales; from the city in Texas” (Scottish). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “from the valley meadow” (Scottish) and “from the dales; from the city in Texas” (Scottish). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scottish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dallas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 87,085
- 71,203 boys · 15,882 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 1,971 babies
- 2025
- 1,888
- #238 for boys · #687 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +5%
- Steady
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 74% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,475 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 238 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 9.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 413 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (178). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 53,582 as a first name in 2020; 8,653 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dallas’s family of names
Dallas has a related form in Dallin. Dallas has a related form in Dallis. Dallas has a related form in Dallon.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Dallinvariant
- Dallisvariant
- Dallonvariant
- Dallysvariant
- Dallesvariant
- Dalllaslikely variant
- Dallasslikely variant
- Dallusvariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dallas
- Diamond Dallas PageAmerican professional wrestler and actorborn 1956
- Dallas LongAmerican shot putter (1940–2024)
- Dallas RobertsAmerican actor (born 1970)
- Dallas LiuAmerican actorborn 2001
- Dallas AustinAmerican musician, songwriter, record producer, and film producerborn 1970
- Dallas Bixlergymnast (1910–1990)
- Dallas GreenCanadian musicianborn 1980
- Dallas KeuchelAmerican professional baseball playerborn 1988
- Dallas Bradenformer American Pitcherborn 1983
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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