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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020peak #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 2020

  • 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: #382 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,746 boysWAIdaho: #256 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 860 boysIDMontana: #167 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 471 boysMTNorth Dakota: #185 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 561 boysNDMinnesota: #415 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,923 boysMNIllinois: #613 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 3,643 boysILWisconsin: #289 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,197 boysWIMichigan: #383 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,857 boysMINew York: #688 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 4,613 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedRIOregon: #340 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,407 boysORNevada: #443 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,977 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #220 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 667 boysSDIowa: #337 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,357 boysIAIndiana: #365 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,709 boysINOhio: #368 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,816 boysOHPennsylvania: #397 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 2,160 boysPANew Jersey: #658 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,368 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #650 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 4,515 boysCAUtah: #164 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 567 boysUTColorado: #405 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,793 boysCONebraska: #294 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,097 boysNEMissouri: #308 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,357 boysMOKentucky: #419 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,963 boysKYWest Virginia: #275 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 995 boysWVVirginia: #527 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,974 boysVAMaryland: #810 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,013 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedDEArizona: #379 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,682 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedNMKansas: #273 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,055 boysKSArkansas: #441 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,822 boysARTennessee: #412 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,004 boysTNNorth Carolina: #599 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 3,496 boysNCSouth Carolina: #618 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,334 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #288 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,109 boysOKLouisiana: #393 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,659 boysLAMississippi: #524 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,423 boysMSAlabama: #646 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,628 boysALGeorgia: #867 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,586 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Dax, so not publishedHITexas: #519 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 2,969 boysTXFlorida: #500 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 2,910 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#164 · 1 in 567
  2. Montana#167 · 1 in 471
  3. North Dakota#185 · 1 in 561
  4. South Dakota#220 · 1 in 667
  5. Idaho#256 · 1 in 860

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#164341 in 567
Montana#16771 in 471
North Dakota#18561 in 561
South Dakota#22051 in 667
Idaho#25691 in 860
Kansas#273131 in 1,055
West Virginia#27571 in 995
Oklahoma#288161 in 1,109
Wisconsin#289201 in 1,197
Nebraska#29481 in 1,097
Missouri#308211 in 1,357
Iowa#337101 in 1,357
Oregon#340111 in 1,407
Indiana#365191 in 1,709
Ohio#368301 in 1,816
Arizona#379191 in 1,682
Washington#382191 in 1,746
Michigan#383231 in 1,857
Louisiana#393131 in 1,659
Pennsylvania#397251 in 2,160
Colorado#405141 in 1,793
Tennessee#412171 in 2,004
Minnesota#415131 in 1,923
Kentucky#419101 in 1,963
Arkansas#44171 in 1,822
Nevada#44361 in 1,977
Florida#500311 in 2,910
Texas#519571 in 2,969
Mississippi#52451 in 2,423
Virginia#527131 in 2,974
North Carolina#599141 in 3,496
Illinois#613151 in 3,643
South Carolina#61861 in 3,334
Alabama#64661 in 3,628
California#650421 in 4,515
New Jersey#65891 in 4,368
New York#688191 in 4,613
Maryland#81051 in 5,013
Georgia#86791 in 5,586
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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 2020

girls
#15,088
5 births · 1 in 323,310 girls
boys
#468
635 births · 1 in 2,718 boys

Top girls' names in 2020

  1. #1Olivia17,691
  2. #2Emma15,723
  3. #3Ava13,201
  4. #4Sophia13,105
  5. #5Charlotte13,100
  6. #6Amelia12,802
  7. #7Isabella12,226
  8. #8Mia11,269
  9. #9Evelyn9,517
  10. #10Harper8,849
  11. #15,088Dax5

Top boys' names in 2020

  1. #1Liam19,865
  2. #2Noah18,464
  3. #3Oliver14,277
  4. #4Elijah13,238
  5. #5William12,676
  6. #6James12,390
  7. #7Benjamin12,264
  8. #8Lucas11,386
  9. #9Henry10,793
  10. #10Alexander10,268
  11. #468Dax635
More about 2020

girls

1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 323,310 of them was named Dax, which outranked 13.9% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dax
  1. #13,453Zylani6
  2. #13,453Zyniah6
  3. #13,453Zyva6
  4. #15,088Dax5
  5. #15,088Aabha5
  6. #15,088Aafia5
  7. #15,088Aahlani5

Tied with 2,439 names at #15,088; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,492Avayah#2,428 → #936
  2. ↑ 950Denisse#1,802 → #852
  3. ↑ 818Jianna#1,668 → #850
  4. ↑ 609Capri#1,291 → #682
  5. ↑ 550Rosalia#1,287 → #737
Fallers
  1. ↓ 393Yaritza#813 → #1,206
  2. ↓ 271Seraphina#1,000 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 207Marissa#874 → #1,081
  4. ↓ 203Annabella#644 → #847
  5. ↓ 195Jayde#832 → #1,027

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

boys

1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 2,718 of them was named Dax, which outranked 96.7% of the 14,060 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. #465Collin637
  2. #465Ruben637
  3. #465Uriel637
  4. #468Dax635
  5. #468Archie635
  6. #468Leland635
  7. #471Esteban633
  8. #472Isaias632
  9. #473Adan631

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

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 587Zyair#1,548 → #961
  2. ↑ 567Jaxtyn#1,152 → #585
  3. ↑ 539Jakobe#1,372 → #833
  4. ↑ 473Kylo#922 → #449
  5. ↑ 461Ander#1,085 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
  2. ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
  4. ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
  5. ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086

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

See the top 100 for 2020 →