Dalas
Dalas is a village in Jarahi Rural District, in the Central District of Mahshahr County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 45, in 7 families.
Meaning & Origin of Dalas
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dalas is a village in Jarahi Rural District, in the Central District of Mahshahr County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 45, in 7 families.
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The Story of Dalas
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Dalas as a girl name dates back to 1994, when 5 babies received it. 1994 was its biggest year on record, with 5 newborns named Dalas — #13,429 in the national rankings. About 50% of every Dalas on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Dalas last appeared in the published SSA data in 2001, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 10 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Dalas as a boy name dates back to 1953, when 5 babies received it. 1995 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Dalas — #6,408 in the national rankings. About 54% of every Dalas on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Dalas last appeared in the published SSA data in 2002, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 24 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Dalas
Dalas is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1953 and has accumulated 24 births in the dataset. Dalas's peak popularity came in 1995 when it ranked #6,408. Use the chart and map above to compare Dalas's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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