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Dash

Boy

Meaning of Dash: English: 'to run quickly'

Dash is a boy's name most strongly associated with English naming. It has 4 letters and 1 syllable, and it is familiar but far from overused — 1065th most popular boys' name in the United States in 2025 and 2671st in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#1065

207 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#2671

8 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

4,384

First recorded 1984 · peak 2017

Trend

stable

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 0 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 6 babies1985: 0 babies1986: 0 babies1987: 0 babies1988: 7 babies1989: 5 babies1990: 0 babies19901991: 0 babies1992: 5 babies1993: 0 babies1994: 0 babies1995: 0 babies1996: 0 babies1997: 0 babies1998: 0 babies1999: 8 babies2000: 8 babies20002001: 8 babies2002: 6 babies2003: 8 babies2004: 7 babies2005: 35 babies2006: 46 babies2007: 49 babies2008: 74 babies2009: 82 babies2010: 123 babies20102011: 141 babies2012: 146 babies2013: 158 babies2014: 229 babies2015: 324 babies2016: 320 babies2017: 327 babies2018: 301 babies2019: 326 babies2020: 300 babies20202021: 318 babies2022: 306 babies2023: 260 babies2024: 244 babies2025: 207 babies
US babies named Dash per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 327.

Gender split

98% boys · 2% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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