# Dash (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dash/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “(residing) near an ash tree” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,384 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,297 / 87 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 57, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old French de + Old English æsċ "(residing) near an ash tree".

## What it means

Dash is grouped under forest.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 15,298 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17,209 |
| 2015 | 14 | 8,114 |
| 2016 | 13 | 8,515 |
| 2017 | 5 | 16,485 |
| 2018 | 9 | 10,776 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11,625 |
| 2020 | 9 | 10,471 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12,513 |
| 2022 | 5 | 15,890 |
| 2024 | 6 | 13,899 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 135 | 1,272 |
| 2012 | 146 | 1,218 |
| 2013 | 158 | 1,146 |
| 2014 | 224 | 939 |
| 2015 | 310 | 769 |
| 2016 | 307 | 777 |
| 2017 | 322 | 741 |
| 2018 | 292 | 784 |
| 2019 | 318 | 751 |
| 2020 | 291 | 797 |
| 2021 | 311 | 791 |
| 2022 | 301 | 826 |
| 2023 | 260 | 893 |
| 2024 | 238 | 955 |
| 2025 | 207 | 1,056 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,052 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Dash

- Dash Mihok, American actor
- Dash Snow, American photographer and artist (1981–2009)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.