Girls' name · since 1995
Dashley
238 babies named Dashley in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,069 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,492 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 238
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
238 babies have been named Dashley since 1995, making it today's #5492 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Dashley recorded 238 times among girls since 1995, holding rank #5492 nationally today, ahead of 68% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #18,069 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,492 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 238 born since 1995
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dashley ranks #18,069 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,492 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 238 born since 1995, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,069 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,492 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 238
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
Dashley's 238 recorded births place it above 74.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Dashley compares
238 40th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Dashley's all-time total is 37% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dashley | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 238 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 40 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dashley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dashley splits its recorded history at 2017: 73% of all births land in the more recent half, 27% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 40 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dashley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 40
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Dashley by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (142 births, 60% of the file).
2020s was Dashley's strongest decade.
142 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Dashley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 22
2000s
22 births
- 2010s
2010s
69 births
- 2020s
2020s
142 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 142 births (60% of all-time use).
Dashley by state
Where Dashley concentrates geographically, total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 12 | 5.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 11 | 4.6% |
| #3 | California | | 6 | 2.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 6 | 2.5% |
| #5 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 2.1% |
12 of 238 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Dashleys (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1995–2025 (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 Dashley 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.