Unisex name · since 2005
Dashell
Dashell has 49 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,284 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,239 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 49
- born since 2005
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dashell currently ranks #10239 among unisex names in America, with 49 babies recorded since 2005.
Dashell has 49 recorded births among boys since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10239 as of the latest data, more common than 26% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #22,284 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,239 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 49 born since 2005
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dashell ranks #22,284 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,239 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 49 born since 2005, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,284 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,239 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 49
- born since 2005
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dashell's 49 recorded births place it above 50.74% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Dashell compares
49 17th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Dashell's all-time total is 87% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dashell | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 49 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Dashell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dashell's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2005, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dashell popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Dashell popularity over time - girls
47 total births recorded since 1970 (Dashell as girls' name)
Dashell by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (18 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Dashell's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Dashell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
17 births
- 2020s
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 18 births (37% of all-time use).
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What to do with Dashell's data
- Dashell's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (18 total births) through the 2020s (14) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dashell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~20 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2005–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dashell draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.