Dashell — boys' name
49 babies named Dashell in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
49 boys have been named Dashell since 2005, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2025.
- 49
- total births
- 2005–2025
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 37%
- born in that decade
37% of everyone ever named Dashell was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Dashell in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dashell
The Social Security Administration has registered 49 babies named Dashell between 2005 and 2025, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dashell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Dashell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 47 additional births since 1970.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dashell performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Dashell shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dashell in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 49 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dashell at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dashell popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–2005
- Peak year (2008)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
49 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 7 births in a single year.
Dashell popularity over time — girls
47 total births recorded since 1970 (Dashell as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Dashell accounts for 49% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dashell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 18 births that decade — 37% of Dashell's all-time total
Dashell decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Dashell's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2005–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.