Dax

Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088 · #692 for boys in 2025, 393 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
2019 · 749 births
Debut · boys
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
11,918
since 1967

Dax over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Dax has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #413, 2019boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#692393
2024—#641438
2023—#559520
2022—#443702
2021—#462647
2020#15,0885#468635
2019—#413749
2018—#451662
2017—#455665
2016#16,2155#518574
2015#14,4826#551520
2014—#600450
2013—#642382
2012—#634379
2011—#710322
2010—#764293
2009—#791284
2008—#769289
2007—#931213
2006—#1,081163
2005—#1,081152
2004—#1,251120
2003—#1,38197
2002—#1,315101
2001—#1,50281
2000—#1,42986
1999—#1,37486
1998—#1,74158
1997—#1,45674
1996—#1,81750
1995—#1,70652
1994—#1,66454
1993—#2,20935
1992—#2,12836
1991—#1,86742
1990—#2,17033
1989—#2,15432
1988—#1,57646
1987—#1,93832
1986—#1,58841
1985—#1,79433
1984—#1,72333
1983—#1,53439
1982—#1,36248
1981—#1,41145
1980—#1,15462
1979—#1,13762
1978—#90191
1977—#796115
1976—#828102
1975—#772115
1974—#802100
1973—#714127
1972—#80499
1971—#746120
1970—#86187
1969—#1,86120
1968—#1,69522
1967—#2,61110
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First appearance
1967

The first year at least five boys were named Dax! It came in at #2,611, and was given to 10 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1967, when fewer than 11 boys a year got the name.

Where Dax is popular in 1973

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedMNIllinois: #835 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 15,607 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedMINew York: #1,046 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 22,867 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedIAIndiana: #497 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,946 boysINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #684 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 10,304 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedUTColorado: #324 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,014 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #300 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,593 boysOKLouisiana: #389 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,973 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedHITexas: #547 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 5,817 boysTXFlorida: #610 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,251 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Oklahoma#300 · 1 in 2,593
  2. Colorado#324 · 1 in 3,014
  3. Louisiana#389 · 1 in 2,973
  4. Indiana#497 · 1 in 7,946
  5. Texas#547 · 1 in 5,817

Best ever in a state: #88 in Wyoming, 2019.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Oklahoma#30071 in 2,593
Colorado#32461 in 3,014
Louisiana#389101 in 2,973
Indiana#49751 in 7,946
Texas#547181 in 5,817
Florida#61061 in 8,251
California#684141 in 10,304
Illinois#83551 in 15,607
New York#1,04651 in 22,867
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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 Dax
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 51 spots since 2024 (#641 → #692)
  • 224 spots since 2020 (#468 → #692)
  • 141 spots since 2015 (#551 → #692)
  • Biggest jump: 1,000 spots in 1970 (#1,861 → #861)
  • Biggest drop: 236 spots in 1979 (#901 → #1,137)
Rise & fade · boys
52 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1967
  • Peaked 2019 at #413 (749 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 2007–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,395
  • Highest: 1 in 2,395 boys born in 2019 were named Dax (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,346 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 41.9% of all boys named Dax (4,996) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s52#1,695 (1968)#2,056
1970s1,018#714 (1973)#836
1980s411#1,154 (1980)#1,623
1990s520#1,374 (1999)#1,813
2000s1,586#769 (2008)#1,153
2010s4,996#413 (2019)#574
2020s3,335#443 (2022)#544

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.

Dax in 1973

boys
#714
127 births · 1 in 12,272 boys

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #714Dax127
More about 1973

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 12,272 of them was named Dax, which outranked 87.9% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dax
  1. #710Jammie128
  2. #710Marquis128
  3. #710Torrance128
  4. #714Dax127
  5. #714Cedrick127
  6. #714Rob127
  7. #714Wilbur127
  8. #718Malik126
  9. #719Agustin125
  10. #719Gerry125

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,348Vashon#3,152 → #804
  2. ↑ 1,405Jory#2,158 → #753
  3. ↑ 348Pernell#1,262 → #914
  4. ↑ 345Enoch#1,307 → #962
  5. ↑ 273Tarik#1,177 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
  2. ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
  3. ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
  4. ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1973 →