Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Dashiell

#2,522 most common boys' name of all time · #6,076 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1979–2025

Rank among boys
#2,522
Rank overall
#6,076 of 105,966
First appeared
1979
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
2,851
Since 2016
954
Peak year
2015 #1,108
Best rank
#1,108 2015
Girls Boys peak 179/yr
198020002020

Dashiell first appears in 1979. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 61 61 #2,293
2024 — 73 73 #2,071
2023 — 57 57 #2,401
2022 — 92 92 #1,790
2021 — 107 107 #1,604
2020 — 98 98 #1,643
2019 — 104 104 #1,600
2018 — 121 121 #1,448
2017 — 95 95 #1,677
2016 — 146 146 #1,259
2015 5 174 179 #1,108
2014 — 127 127 #1,352
2013 — 122 122 #1,384
2012 — 100 100 #1,585
2011 — 127 127 #1,341
2010 — 146 146 #1,216
2009 — 117 117 #1,438
2008 — 109 109 #1,501
2007 — 92 92 #1,667
2006 — 112 112 #1,410
2005 — 87 87 #1,594
2004 — 59 59 #2,042
2003 6 40 46 #2,569
2002 — 35 35 #2,726
2001 — 27 27 #3,291
2000 — 27 27 #3,197
1999 — 31 31 #2,774
1998 — 24 24 #3,267
1997 — 18 18 #3,832
1996 — 19 19 #3,645
1995 — 24 24 #2,999
1994 — 28 28 #2,671
1993 — 15 15 #4,181
1992 — 14 14 #4,275
1991 — 18 18 #3,441
1990 — 22 22 #2,944
1989 — 32 32 #2,204
1988 — 15 15 #3,503
1987 — 6 6 #6,659
1986 — 16 16 #3,119
1985 — 19 19 #2,706
1984 — 11 11 #3,908
1983 — 21 21 #2,406
1982 — 15 15 #3,097
1981 — 15 15 #3,026
1980 — 9 9 #4,477
1979 5 8 13 #4,814