Dashiell
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- da-SHEEL
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,284 for boys
Dashiell is a boys' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 2,284th for boys in the US (61 babies).
What does Dashiell mean?
French: 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.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Dashiell a girl's or a boy's name?
Dashiell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 61 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dashiell in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Dashiell, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,829th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Dashiell in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Dashiell in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 13 | #1,829 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 13 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
How popular is Dashiell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,284among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 61about 1 in 28,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 61 boys in the US were named Dashiell, making it the 2,284th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,634th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 174 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Dashiell in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 83 boys in the US were given Dashiell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,646, up from #2,284 for this spelling alone.
- Dashiell 61
- Dashiel 22
Dashiell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,284 |
| 2024 | 73 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,386 |
| 2022 | 92 | #1,782 |
| 2021 | 107 | #1,597 |
| 2020 | 98 | #1,634 |
| 2019 | 104 | #1,592 |
| 2018 | 121 | #1,443 |
| 2017 | 95 | #1,661 |
| 2016 | 146 | #1,254 |
| 2015 | 174 | #1,105 |
| 2014 | 127 | #1,348 |
| 2013 | 122 | #1,376 |
| 2012 | 100 | #1,575 |
| 2011 | 127 | #1,331 |
| 2010 | 146 | #1,214 |
| 2009 | 117 | #1,433 |
| 2008 | 109 | #1,494 |
| 2007 | 92 | #1,658 |
| 2006 | 112 | #1,408 |
| 2005 | 87 | #1,582 |
| 2004 | 59 | #2,020 |
| 2003 | 40 | #2,541 |
| 2002 | 35 | #2,681 |
| 2001 | 27 | #3,223 |
| 2000 | 27 | #3,144 |
| 1999 | 31 | #2,718 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,918 |
| 1994 | 28 | #2,613 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 32 | #2,148 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,002 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
Nicknames for Dashiell
- Dash 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Dashiell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noah Hudson Rowan Jaxon Brody Enzo Marley Grayson Axel Caleb Jenson Asher
Other spellings of Dashiell
Names related to Dashiell
More French names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Dashiell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dashiell, updated 20 October 2026.