Dashiell — #2062 US boys' name
2,773 babies named Dashiell in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 86% of names given to boys today.
46% of everyone ever named Dashiell was born in this single decade.
174 babies were named Dashiell in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dashiell
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,773 babies named Dashiell between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dashiell currently holds the #2062 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 174 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dashiell performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,262 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dashiell shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 728 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Dashiell in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dashiell 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 2,773 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.
Dashiell at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Dashiell popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1979
- Peak year (2015)
- 174
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
Currently ranks #2062 among boys.
2,773 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 174 births in a single year.
Dashiell popularity over time — girls
16 total births recorded since 1979 (Dashiell as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Dashiell accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dashiell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,262 births that decade — 46% of Dashiell's all-time total
Dashiell decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,262 births
- Runner-up 705 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Dashiell's strongest decade
1,262 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Dashiell by state
Where Dashiell concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 728 | 26.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 246 | 8.9% |
| #3 | Texas | | 110 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Washington | | 85 | 3.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 62 | 2.2% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 33 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Oregon | | 30 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 24 | 0.9% |
728 of 2,773 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 26.3% of nationwide
- New York 8.9% of nationwide
- Texas 4.0% of nationwide
- Washington 3.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 20 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 26.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Dashiell appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1979–2024 (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.