Dax
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Dax
The appealingly energetic Dax, with its trendy X-ending, re-entered the Top 1000 in 2007. Its somewhat sci-fi vibe emanates from his appearance as a fictional being in the Star Trek universe, seen on the TV show "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine." The Power Rangers character Dax Lo was the Blue Ranger.
In real life, actor Dax Shepard hosts the popular podcast Armchair Expert and played the TV character of Crosby Braverman on "Parenthood." His parents named him for the protagonist of the best-selling Harold Robbins novel, The Adventurers-- Dax Xenos.
Dax is also a French community famous as a spa.
Dax is unlikely to become popular in Australia, sounding too much like the word dacks, which means boys' underwear.
Dax is also given to girls.
Pronounced DAKS.
As of October 2026, Dax ranked #692 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #413 in 2019, Nameberry popularity #689.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #600 | 450 | 234.3 |
| 2015 | #551 | 520 | 271.3 |
| 2016 | #518 | 574 | 302.5 |
| 2017 | #455 | 665 | 359.3 |
| 2018 | #451 | 662 | 364.5 |
| 2019 | #413 | 749 | 417.5 |
| 2020 | #469 | 634 | 367.3 |
| 2021 | #462 | 647 | 369.8 |
| 2022 | #443 | 701 | 401.5 |
| 2023 | #559 | 520 | 304 |
| 2024 | #636 | 438 | 254.2 |
| 2025 | #692 | 393 | 230.1 |
World rankings
Dax for boys
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Dax on lists
Famous Daxs
- Dax Randall ShepardBoy
American actor/comedian
- Dax S. GriffinBoy
American actor
- Dax HoldrenBoy
American beach volleyball player
- (Michael) Dax McCartyBoy
American soccer player
- Dax David RiggsBoy
American musician of Acid Bath
- Dax PiersonBoy
American musician
- Dax Ryan Locke (b. 2008)Boy
American boy with leukemia who inspired the song "One Last Christmas" and film "Heart of Christmas"
- Dax Meyer Street Reeser (b. 2009)Boy
son of skier Picabo Street
- Dax McGillBoy
American female surfer
Dax in pop culture
- Jadzia DaxBoy
science officer on TV's "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"
- DaxBoy
character on TV's "Power Rangers Operation Overdrive"
- Diogenes Alejandro Xenos or DAXBoy
a character in film "The Adventurers"
- Colonel DaxBoy
character in the film "Paths of Glory"
- DaxBoy
character on TV's The Philanthropist
- DaxBoy
cat of Haviland Tuf in "Tuf Voyaging," first seen in the Guardians series
- DaxBoy
chain of roast beef restaurants in the Mid,Atlantic
- Dax CathedralBoy
a "monument historique" or national monument of France