Dax

Where Dax comes from

Dax hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1967
    First appearance
    #2,611 among boys, 10 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1975
    Dax Shepard born
    American podcaster and actor
  3. 1987
    Dax McCarty born
    American soccer player
  4. 2019
    Peak, #413
    749 babies named Dax — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Dax Shepard · American podcaster and actor, born 1975
  • Dax McCarty · American soccer player, born 1987
  • Dax Griffin · American actor, born 1972
  • Dax Holdren · American beach volleyball player, born 1972
  • Dax Riggs · American rock musician, born 1973

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.