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Dash

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Dash is ranked 967th among boys in 2024 (232 births). Its best rank was 741st, in 2017.

Rank in 2024
#967down 74 from 2023
Births in 2024
2320.01% of boys
Peak year
2017322 births
Best rank
#741in 2017
Since 1984
4,082people given the name
Babies named Dash, by year of birthboys
012525037550018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

4,082 boys have been named Dash in the United States since 1984, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2017, with 322 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2017, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2010s alone account for 57%. It has spent 11 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadeboys named Dash
1980s18
1990s13
2000s321
2010s2,335
2020s1,395

In 2017, its biggest year

Dash was the 741st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2017 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Logan. See all of 2017.

Names that rose and fell with Dash

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.