Nymograph

Dash: popularity and history

Explore how often Dash appears in published U.S. birth-name records. Counts describe recorded births, not how many people with this name are alive today.

Female records

Latest dataset year: 2025. Most recent published observation for this name: 2024, with 6 births and rank 13,899.

First published birth year
2011
Total published births, 2011–2024
87
Best annual rank
8,114 in 2015
Dash · annual births per 10,000 published births in this recorded-sex population
0.000.040.08201120182024

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Published observations

Up to ten most recent published years, newest first. These may not be consecutive or recent calendar years. Missing records are unknown, not zero.

Dash · female records · most recent published years
YearBirthsRank
2024613,899
2022515,890
2021712,513
2020910,471
2019811,625
2018910,776
2017516,485
2016138,515
2015148,114
2014517,209
Latest ten dataset years (2016–2025)

Not published means no released observation; it does not establish zero births.

Dash · female records · latest calendar years, including gaps
YearBirthsRank
2025Not publishedNot published
2024613,899
2023Not publishedNot published
2022515,890
2021712,513
2020910,471
2019811,625
2018910,776
2017516,485
2016138,515

Male records

Latest dataset year: 2025. Most recent published observation for this name: 2025, with 207 births and rank 1,056.

First published birth year
1984
Total published births, 1984–2025
4,297
Best annual rank
741 in 2017
Dash · annual births per 10,000 published births in this recorded-sex population
0.000.891.78198420042025

The line shows relative use, not raw counts. Gaps are unpublished observations. Open the interactive chart for exact annual values.

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Published observations

Up to ten most recent published years, newest first. These may not be consecutive or recent calendar years. Missing records are unknown, not zero.

Dash · male records · most recent published years
YearBirthsRank
20252071,056
2024238955
2023260893
2022301826
2021311791
2020291797
2019318751
2018292784
2017322741
2016307777
Latest ten dataset years (2016–2025)

Not published means no released observation; it does not establish zero births.

Dash · male records · latest calendar years, including gaps
YearBirthsRank
20252071,056
2024238955
2023260893
2022301826
2021311791
2020291797
2019318751
2018292784
2017322741
2016307777

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Alphabetical neighbors, not evidence of shared meaning, origin or popularity. Each spelling has its own recorded history.

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How to read these figures

An absent observation is not zero: small counts are withheld, and no published count may mean no births or a suppressed count. Early years are less complete. Recorded sex is a source category, not a rule about who may use a name. Annual ranks order published counts, with alphabetical tie-breaking. National and state totals need not match.

These records describe usage. They do not establish a name’s meaning, origin, ethnicity or pronunciation.