Dashiel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- da-SHEEL
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Dashiel is a boys' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Dashiel mean?
French: spelling of Dashiell; surname, probably from French de Chiel
Known through the crime writer Dashiell Hammett, author of The Maltese Falcon, who took it from his mother's maiden name.
Meaning borrowed from Dashiell. More on Wiktionary.
Is Dashiel a girl's or a boy's name?
Dashiel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dashiel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,538th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Dashiel, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 34 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Dashiel in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 83 boys in the US were given Dashiel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,646, up from #4,538 for this spelling alone.
- Dashiell 61
- Dashiel 22
Dashiel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 34 | #3,292 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 25 | #3,993 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
Nicknames for Dashiel
- Dash 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Dashiel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abdiel, Dariel, Jaziel, Gael, Eliel, Aziel, Axel, Daxton, Adriel, Haziel, Musa, Azriel
Other spellings of Dashiel
Names related to Dashiel
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, “Dashiel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dashiel, updated 20 October 2026.