# Dashiell (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dashiell/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,851 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,835 / 16 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 176, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

French de Chiel.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 5 | 10,564 |
| 2003 | 6 | 14,310 |
| 2015 | 5 | 17,107 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 127 | 1,335 |
| 2012 | 100 | 1,579 |
| 2013 | 122 | 1,379 |
| 2014 | 127 | 1,350 |
| 2015 | 174 | 1,105 |
| 2016 | 146 | 1,254 |
| 2017 | 95 | 1,663 |
| 2018 | 121 | 1,446 |
| 2019 | 104 | 1,593 |
| 2020 | 98 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 107 | 1,598 |
| 2022 | 92 | 1,784 |
| 2023 | 57 | 2,397 |
| 2024 | 73 | 2,059 |
| 2025 | 61 | 2,291 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,259 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 12 | 1,825 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,529 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## People named Dashiell

- Dashiell Hammett, American writer (1894–1961)

## 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.