Dash
About Dash
The name Dash peaked for boys at #741 in 2017. The name is most popular in District of Columbia, District of Columbia, and Iowa. Dash is occasionally used for girls in 2022.
1 syllable.
As of September 2026, Dash ranked #1056 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #741 in 2017, Nameberry popularity #858.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #939 | 224 | 116.6 |
| 2015 | #769 | 310 | 161.7 |
| 2016 | #777 | 307 | 161.8 |
| 2017 | #741 | 322 | 174 |
| 2018 | #784 | 292 | 160.8 |
| 2019 | #750 | 318 | 177.2 |
| 2020 | #797 | 291 | 168.6 |
| 2021 | #790 | 311 | 177.8 |
| 2022 | #825 | 301 | 172.4 |
| 2023 | #893 | 260 | 152 |
| 2024 | #967 | 232 | 134.7 |
| 2025 | #1,056 | 207 | 121.2 |
World rankings
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Famous Dashs
- Dashiell Raymond "Dash" Mihok
American actor
- Dashiell "Dash" Snow
American artist
- Theodore "Dash" Hardeen
Hungarian magician and escape artist; younger brother of Harry Houdini
- Dash Wilder
ring name of Daniel Marshall Wheeler, American pro wrestler
- Dashiell "Dash" Cooper
son of singer Alice Cooper
- Dash Day (b. 2012)
son of golfer Jason Day
- Dash Exeter (b. 2012)
son of Canadian TV presenter Marci Ien and Lloyd Exeter
- Dashiel "Dash" Marquet Sayre (b. 2014)
son of Singaporean blogger XiaXue
- Dash Michael Tompkins (b. 2015)
son of YouTuber and singer Mike Tompkins
- Dashel Pierce "Dash" Packham (b. 2007)
son of actress/comedienne Nicole Sullivan and Jason Packham
- Mason Dash Disick
son of TV personality Kourtney Kardashian
- Jack Dash
British trade,union activist
Dash in pop culture
- Dash Goff
character on TV's "Designing Women" played by Gerald McRaney
- Dash Goff
The Writer is the name of an episode on the 2nd season of TV's "Designing Women" about the character Dash Goff who is a Southern novelist
- Dash Rendar
character in the Star Wars Legends series
- Dashiell Robert "Dash" Parr
character in the movie "The Incredibles"
- Dash
character in the movie "Casper's Scare School"
- Dash DeWitt
character on TV's "Hart of Dixie"
- Dashiell
"Dash," character in "Dash and Lily's Book of Dares" by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
- Dash Hosney
character on TV's "Red Band Society"
- Dash
character in the Transformers series
- Dash Baxter
character in animated series Danny Phantom
- Dash Boardman
character in Pixar's Cars
- Dash Riprock
character on TV's The Beverly Hillbillies
- Dash
childhood pet spaniel of Queen Victoria
- Dash
chain of clothing stores owned by the Kardashian sisters
- Dash
terrorist group (technically Daesh, but now simply referred to as Dash)
Variations & nicknames
- Dash (pronounced like Dosh) - means 'taker of the moment' Mongolian