Dallas
Place-name in Scotland and Texas, and Irish
"skilled"Share
Copy link
Dallas Origin and Meaning
The name Dallas is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "skilled".
Relaxed, laid-back cowboy name with broad appeal and more staying power than you might guess: Dallas has ranked among the Top 1000 boy names in the US since records began in 1880.
Today, Dallas is increasingly a gender-neutral option, still given to three times as many baby boys as girls though the gap is narrowing. Still, Dallas's star as a boys' name continues to rise, up more than 100 places since the turn of the century.
For boys, Dallas might be considered one of those golden names that's trending but not trendy.
- Dallas Rank in US Top 1000
- Dallas Rank in Nameberry Top 1000
- Names Similar to Dallas
- Famous People Named Dallas
- Dallas in Pop Culture
- Dallas in Nameberry Blog Posts
# 253 in the US
Dallas Rank in US Top 1000
# 1019 on Nameberry
Dallas Rank in Nameberry Top 1000
Dallas Popularity
20 Names Similar to Dallas
These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Dallas.
Famous People Named Dallas
- Dallas ClarkAmerican NFL football player
- Dallas ReynoldsAmerican NFL football player
- Dallas LauderdaleAmerican basketball player
- Dallas CookAmerican musician of band Suburban Legends
- Dallas Green aka City & ColorCanadian singer,songwriter
- Dallas Frederick Burrowsbirth name of Orson Bean, American actor
- Dallas RobertsAmerican actor
- Dallas RainesAmerican TV meteorologist
- Dallas AustinAmerican musician and producer
- Dallas Frederick Durst (b. 2001)son of Limp Bizkit lead singer Fred Durst
- Dallas Xavier Barrino (b. 2011)son of singer Fantasia Barrino
- River Rocket Blue Dallas Oliver (b. 2016)son of celebrity chefs Jamie and Jools Oliver
- Cameron DallasYouTuber and Viner
- Matt DallasAmerican actor
- Dallas SmithCanadian Country Music singer,songwriter
- Dallas Derricoson of Karen and Deon Derrico, twin featured on TLC’s ‘Doubling Down with the Derricos’
Dallas in Pop Culture
- Dallas "Dally" Winstoncharacter from the book/movie "The Outsiders"
- Dallas McLurecharacter from "Gone With the Wind"
- Dallas Carmelcharacter from "Sims" series
- Dallascharacter in the House of Night series
- Korben Dallascharacter in The Fifth Element
- "Dallas" TV series based in Dallas
- Dallascity in Texas and 9th most populated in the United States
- Dallascharacter on movie "Alien"
Dallas in Nameberry Blog Posts
- 15 Cool Country Boy Names For Your Little Cowboy
- Top City Baby Names
- Dad Names: Does Yours Make the List?
- Updating Popular 1950s Names
- All-American Names: From Dixie to Franklin to Tallulah
- Quirky Favorite Baby Names in 10 Top Cities
- The Top Unisex Names in Every US State
- Unique Middle Names You Didn't Even Know Were Names
- Best D Names for Boys
- The 10 Weirdest Baby Names Stories of All Time
- Initial Names: From AJ to Zee
- How I Named My Baby: Kobe Ali
- Liberal and Conservative Baby Names Toe the Party Line
- All-American Boy Names
- Don't Name Your Daughter Harper