Dallas
Dallas is a unisex given name: about 83% of people named Dallas are men and 17% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
- Verdict
- Mostly male
- Male / female split
- 83% male / 17% female
- Confidence
- High (64 or more weighted country observations)
- Most common in
- United States, Great Britain
- US births since 1880
- 60,464 male / 12,165 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Updated
- 2026-09-11
How to address Dallas
To address Dallas when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Dallas," in English, "Guten Tag Dallas," in German. About 83% of people named Dallas are men and 17% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Dallas,
German
Guten Tag Dallas,
French
Bonjour Dallas,
Spanish
Estimado/a Dallas:
Chinese
Dallas您好：
Japanese
Dallas様
English
Hi Dallas,
German
Hi Dallas,
French
Salut Dallas,
Spanish
Hola Dallas,
Chinese
Dallas你好：
Japanese
Dallasさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually | Male share |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | very common | man's name | 83% |
| Great Britain | rare | man's name | 75% |
United States birth data
60,464 male · 12,165 female · 72,629 births recorded
Since 1980: 78% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Dallas a male or female name?
Dallas is a unisex given name: about 83% of people named Dallas are men and 17% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
How do I address Dallas in an email?
To address Dallas when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Dallas," in English, "Guten Tag Dallas," in German. About 83% of people named Dallas are men and 17% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.
Is Dallas a unisex name?
Dallas is not a unisex name: 83% of people named Dallas are men. Dallas leans strongly male overall.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.
DearWho, "Is Dallas a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/dallas (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_dallas,
title = {Is Dallas a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/dallas},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}