Dash
#1,898 most common boys' name of all time · #4,587 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1984–2025
Rank among boys
#1,898
Rank overall
#4,587 of 105,966
First appeared
1984
Years on the list
31 of 146
All-time
4,384
Since 2016
2,909
Peak year
2017 #741
Best rank
#741 2017
Girls
Boys
peak 327/yr
Dash first appears in 1984. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 207 | 207 | #1,059 |
| 2024 | 6 | 238 | 244 | #956 |
| 2023 | — | 260 | 260 | #895 |
| 2022 | 5 | 301 | 306 | #825 |
| 2021 | 7 | 311 | 318 | #791 |
| 2020 | 9 | 291 | 300 | #799 |
| 2019 | 8 | 318 | 326 | #751 |
| 2018 | 9 | 292 | 301 | #785 |
| 2017 | 5 | 322 | 327 | #741 |
| 2016 | 13 | 307 | 320 | #777 |
| 2015 | 14 | 310 | 324 | #770 |
| 2014 | 5 | 224 | 229 | #945 |
| 2013 | — | 158 | 158 | #1,148 |
| 2012 | — | 146 | 146 | #1,221 |
| 2011 | 6 | 135 | 141 | #1,278 |
| 2010 | — | 123 | 123 | #1,375 |
| 2009 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,817 |
| 2008 | — | 74 | 74 | #1,945 |
| 2007 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,557 |
| 2006 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,608 |
| 2005 | — | 35 | 35 | #2,997 |
| 2004 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,386 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,240 |
| 2002 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,924 |
| 2001 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,942 |
| 2000 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 1999 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,533 |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,199 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,766 |
| 1988 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,314 |
| 1984 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,267 |