Dashel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DASH-ul
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Dashel is a boys' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Dashel mean?
French: spelling of Dashiell, from the French surname de Chiel
Crime writer Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) carried his mother's surname, Dashiell.
Is Dashel a girl's or a boy's name?
Dashel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dashel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Dashel, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 53 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.
2025 had the fewest boys named Dashel since it first appeared, in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Dashel in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dashel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 36 | #3,240 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 31 | #3,568 |
| 2018 | 40 | #2,942 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 34 | #3,292 |
| 2015 | 41 | #2,863 |
| 2014 | 38 | #2,983 |
| 2013 | 45 | #2,621 |
| 2012 | 44 | #2,715 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,045 |
| 2010 | 41 | #2,873 |
| 2009 | 53 | #2,400 |
| 2008 | 34 | #3,284 |
| 2007 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2006 | 32 | #3,304 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
Nicknames for Dashel
- Dash 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Dashel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Axel Gael Declan Deacon Zayden Daxton Beckett Beckham Dariel Abdiel Raiden Kayden
Names related to Dashel
More French names
Eleanor Beau Esme Darcie Darcy Genevieve Amy Esmae Arleth Elle Russell Monty Mallory Percy Lacey Belle
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dashel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dashel, updated 20 October 2026.