Dash
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
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
By decade
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.
- Advikpeak 2017
- Lochlanpeak 2018
- Greysonpeak 2017
- Axlepeak 2021
- Karterpeak 2019
- Axtonpeak 2021
- Masiahpeak 2022
- Henrikpeak 2018
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.