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Dallas

Pronounced /ˈdæləs/

Rank in 2024
#658
Born in 2024
444
Peak year
2015 · #563
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:1,448 in 2024 (#243)

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 444 girls were named Dallas, about 1 in every 3,633.
  • It peaked in 2015 with 551 babies, ranked #563.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1892.
  • 15,466 girls have been named Dallas since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Dallas per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
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    Gen X
  5. 0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.3
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 642 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 566 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 650 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 835 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,265 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,641 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 5,830 babies, 0.29 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

The Texas city was named after George M. Dallas, vice president to Polk; family name is evolved from dalhous (13th c.), meaning "dweller at the house in the dale," from dale + house. The Scottish place-name is from Pictish, equivalent to Welsh dôl (“meadow, haugh”) + gwas (“abode”).

  • A male given name transferred from the place name.
Origin
Not recorded
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From Wiktionary’s entry for Dallas, CC BY-SA 4.0.