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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018peak #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 2018

  • 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: #411 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,030 boysWAIdaho: #253 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 863 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #106 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 325 boysNDMinnesota: #240 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 1,026 boysMNIllinois: #439 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 2,387 boysILWisconsin: #277 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,170 boysWIMichigan: #508 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,868 boysMINew York: #665 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 4,559 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedRIOregon: #540 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,770 boysORNevada: #410 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,880 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedSDIowa: #224 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 845 boysIAIndiana: #294 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 1,306 boysINOhio: #469 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 2,729 boysOHPennsylvania: #420 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 2,386 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #573 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 3,971 boysCAUtah: #215 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 780 boysUTColorado: #287 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,173 boysCONebraska: #302 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,176 boysNEMissouri: #403 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,023 boysMOKentucky: #408 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,093 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedWVVirginia: #578 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,703 boysVAMaryland: #776 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,277 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedDEArizona: #429 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,137 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedNMKansas: #234 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 909 boysKSArkansas: #358 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,503 boysARTennessee: #561 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,228 boysTNNorth Carolina: #681 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 4,560 boysNCSouth Carolina: #587 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,482 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #345 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,448 boysOKLouisiana: #344 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,523 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedMSAlabama: #430 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,056 boysALGeorgia: #569 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 3,479 boysGAHawaii: #240 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 767 boysHITexas: #447 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 2,396 boysTXFlorida: #530 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 3,305 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Dakota#106 · 1 in 325
  2. Utah#215 · 1 in 780
  3. Iowa#224 · 1 in 845
  4. Kansas#234 · 1 in 909
  5. Hawaii#240 · 1 in 767

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#106121 in 325
Utah#215251 in 780
Iowa#224171 in 845
Kansas#234161 in 909
Hawaii#24051 in 767
Minnesota#240261 in 1,026
Idaho#25391 in 863
Wisconsin#277221 in 1,170
Colorado#287221 in 1,173
Indiana#294261 in 1,306
Nebraska#30281 in 1,176
Louisiana#344151 in 1,523
Oklahoma#345131 in 1,448
Arkansas#35891 in 1,503
Missouri#403151 in 2,023
Kentucky#408101 in 2,093
Nevada#41071 in 1,880
Washington#411171 in 2,030
Pennsylvania#420241 in 2,386
Arizona#429161 in 2,137
Alabama#430111 in 2,056
Illinois#439251 in 2,387
Texas#447731 in 2,396
Ohio#469211 in 2,729
Michigan#508161 in 2,868
Florida#530291 in 3,305
Oregon#54061 in 2,770
Tennessee#561111 in 3,228
Georgia#569151 in 3,479
California#573521 in 3,971
Virginia#578111 in 3,703
South Carolina#58761 in 3,482
New York#665211 in 4,559
North Carolina#681111 in 4,560
Maryland#77651 in 5,277
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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 2018

boys
#451
662 births · 1 in 2,743 boys

Top boys' names in 2018

  1. #1Liam19,977
  2. #2Noah18,441
  3. #3William14,646
  4. #4James13,650
  5. #5Oliver13,500
  6. #6Benjamin13,488
  7. #7Elijah13,020
  8. #8Lucas12,665
  9. #9Mason12,526
  10. #10Logan12,447
  11. #451Dax662
More about 2018

boys

1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 2,743 of them was named Dax, which outranked 96.8% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dax
  1. #448Maximilian672
  2. #449Phillip666
  3. #450Adan665
  4. #451Dax662
  5. #451Milan662
  6. #453Albert660
  7. #454Kamden659
  8. #455Ronin656

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

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 594Genesis#1,575 → #981
  2. ↑ 436Baker#1,149 → #713
  3. ↑ 430Saint#1,287 → #857
  4. ↑ 319Kairo#802 → #483
  5. ↑ 307Watson#1,020 → #713
Fallers
  1. ↓ 235Aaden#893 → #1,128
  2. ↓ 224Dilan#917 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 201Craig#980 → #1,181
  4. ↓ 177Mike#951 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 172Harper#798 → #970

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

See the top 100 for 2018 →