Dash
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477
- #1,056 for boys in 2025, 207 births
- Given to boys 98.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2017 · 322 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,297since 1984
Dash over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Dash has never cracked the top 700 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,056 | 207 | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #955 | 238 |
| 2023 | — | #893 | 260 | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #824 | 301 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #791 | 311 |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | #796 | 291 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | #751 | 318 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | #784 | 292 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #741 | 322 |
| 2016 | #8,393 | 13 | #777 | 307 |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 | #769 | 310 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #938 | 224 |
| 2013 | — | #1,144 | 158 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,218 | 146 | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #1,271 | 135 |
| 2010 | — | #1,372 | 123 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,809 | 82 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,932 | 74 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,533 | 49 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,578 | 46 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,960 | 35 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | #7,416 | 8 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
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| 1992 | — | #8,435 | 5 | |
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| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1984
The first year at least five boys were named Dash! It came in at #5,561, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1985–1987, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Dash is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Louisiana#401 · 1 in 1,594
- Utah#621 · 1 in 3,277
- Pennsylvania#662 · 1 in 4,020
- Georgia#710 · 1 in 3,863
- Illinois#711 · 1 in 4,129
Best ever in a state: #220 in District of Columbia, 2019.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #401 | 12 | 1 in 1,594 |
| Utah | #621 | 6 | 1 in 3,277 |
| Pennsylvania | #662 | 13 | 1 in 4,020 |
| Georgia | #710 | 13 | 1 in 3,863 |
| Illinois | #711 | 12 | 1 in 4,129 |
| South Carolina | #743 | 5 | 1 in 4,240 |
| Colorado | #756 | 6 | 1 in 4,475 |
| Ohio | #855 | 9 | 1 in 5,837 |
| Arizona | #927 | 5 | 1 in 6,545 |
| Michigan | #999 | 6 | 1 in 6,699 |
| California | #1,011 | 21 | 1 in 8,356 |
| North Carolina | #1,028 | 7 | 1 in 7,353 |
| Tennessee | #1,040 | 5 | 1 in 7,354 |
| New York | #1,119 | 10 | 1 in 8,442 |
| Texas | #1,250 | 16 | 1 in 10,941 |
| Florida | #1,625 | 6 | 1 in 15,922 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Dash
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 260 spots since 2020 (#796 → #1,056)
- Biggest jump: 206 spots in 2014
- Biggest drop: 101 spots in 2025
Rise & fade · boys
33 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1984
- Peaked 2017 at #741 (322 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 2014–2024
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,625
- Highest: 1 in 5,625 boys born in 2021 were named Dash (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,252 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #741 in 2017, was only 1 in 5,748 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 54.3% of all boys named Dash (2,335) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 18 | #5,561 (1984) | #6,406 |
| 1990s | 13 | #7,139 (1999) | #7,787 |
| 2000s | 323 | #1,809 (2009) | #5,291 |
| 2010s | 2,335 | #741 (2017) | #977 |
| 2020s | 1,608 | #791 (2021) | #886 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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