# Dax (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dax/  
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 | 11,934 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11,918 / 16 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 324, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | 14,961 |
| 2016 | 5 | 16,896 |
| 2020 | 5 | 15,700 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 322 | 711 |
| 2012 | 379 | 634 |
| 2013 | 382 | 642 |
| 2014 | 450 | 600 |
| 2015 | 520 | 551 |
| 2016 | 574 | 518 |
| 2017 | 665 | 455 |
| 2018 | 662 | 451 |
| 2019 | 749 | 413 |
| 2020 | 635 | 469 |
| 2021 | 647 | 462 |
| 2022 | 702 | 443 |
| 2023 | 520 | 559 |
| 2024 | 438 | 641 |
| 2025 | 393 | 692 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,673 |
| 2016 | 22 | 1,234 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,655 |
| 2020 | 23 | 1,150 |
| 2021 | 33 | 907 |
| 2022 | 32 | 949 |
| 2023 | 26 | 1,108 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,517 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,705 |

## People named Dax

- Dax Shepard, American podcaster and actor
- Dax McCarty, American soccer player
- Dax Griffin, American actor
- Dax Holdren, American beach volleyball player

## 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.