Dash
Boy · DASH · English
Dash is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “quick run”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 1,056th for boys in the US (207 babies).
What does Dash mean?
English: English word, also short for Dashiell
“quick run”
Also used as a short form of Dashiell, the first name of crime writer Dashiell Hammett.
- Say it
- DASH
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Is Dash a girl's or a boy's name?
Dash is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 207 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dash in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Dash, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 12 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Dash than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Dash in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Dash in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
How popular is Dash in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,056among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 207about 1 in 8,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 207 boys in the US were named Dash, making it the 1,056th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 796th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 322 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Dash than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Dash in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dash in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 207 | #1,056 |
| 2024 | 238 | #955 |
| 2023 | 260 | #893 |
| 2022 | 301 | #824 |
| 2021 | 311 | #791 |
| 2020 | 291 | #796 |
| 2019 | 318 | #751 |
| 2018 | 292 | #784 |
| 2017 | 322 | #741 |
| 2016 | 307 | #777 |
| 2015 | 310 | #769 |
| 2014 | 224 | #938 |
| 2013 | 158 | #1,144 |
| 2012 | 146 | #1,218 |
| 2011 | 135 | #1,271 |
| 2010 | 123 | #1,372 |
| 2009 | 82 | #1,808 |
| 2008 | 74 | #1,932 |
| 2007 | 49 | #2,533 |
| 2006 | 46 | #2,577 |
| 2005 | 35 | #2,956 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
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