Dashiell
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Dashiell
Dashiell, though missing from many other name sources, is among the hottest new names, chosen by such celebs as Cate Blanchett and author Helen (Bridget Jones) Fielding. With its great dash and panache, Dashiell is associated with detective writer Dashiell Hammett (born Samuel, as in Sam Spade, Dashiell being his mother's maiden name). Alice Cooper was ahead of the game: He named his son Dashiell in 1985.
For those still confused about the pronunciation, it's kind of similar to castle or bashful. And anyone can pronounce Dash, which is such a dashing nickname.
Dashiell is also given to girls.
Pronounced da-SHEEL.
As of October 2026, Dashiell ranked #2291 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1105 in 2015, Nameberry popularity #223.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,350 | 127 | 66.1 |
| 2015 | #1,105 | 174 | 90.8 |
| 2016 | #1,254 | 146 | 76.9 |
| 2017 | #1,663 | 95 | 51.3 |
| 2018 | #1,446 | 121 | 66.6 |
| 2019 | #1,593 | 104 | 58 |
| 2020 | #1,635 | 98 | 56.8 |
| 2021 | #1,598 | 107 | 61.2 |
| 2022 | #1,784 | 92 | 52.7 |
| 2023 | #2,418 | 56 | 32.7 |
| 2024 | #2,057 | 73 | 42.4 |
| 2025 | #2,291 | 61 | 35.7 |
World rankings
Dashiell for boys
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Dashiell on lists
Famous Dashiells
- Dashiell EavesBoy
American actor
- (Samuel) Dashiell HammettBoy
American novelist
- Dashiell "Dash" SnowBoy
American artist
- Dashiell Raymond "Dash" MihokBoy
American actor
- Dashiell MessittBoy
American child actor; twin of brother Fox Messitt
- Dashiell "Dash" FurnierBoy
son of singer Alice Cooper
- Dashiell John UptonBoy
son of actress Cate Blanchett
- Dashiell HowellBoy
actor and son of actor C. Thomas Howell
- Dashiell Gaston Hawkins (b. 2008)Boy
son of singer Sophie B. Hawkins
- Dashiell Orson Priestley (b. 2009)Boy
son of actor Jason Priestley
- Dashiell Max Robert WeinsteinBoy
(b. 2013) son of fashion designer Georgina Chapman and disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein
- Dashiell Ford Warren (b. 2013)Boy
son of actress Autumn Reeser and Jesse Warren
- Dashiell Julius William ClunieBoy
Singer (b. 2015), son of Bryan Singer and Michelle Clunie
- Dashiel Edon Anderson (b. 2015)Boy
daughter of actress Milla Jovovich and Paul Anderson
Dashiell in pop culture
- Dashiell Robert "Dash" ParrBoy
character in The Incredibles
- Dashiell R. Faireborn aka FlintBoy
character in the G.I. Joe series
- Dashiell FrankBoy
main character in 1999 film "Mr. Jealousy"
- DashiellBoy
character on "Sabrina the Teenage Witch"
- Dashiell "Dash"Boy
character in Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
- Dashiell "Dash" GardinerBoy
character from "Witches of East End"