Masculine dossier · first seen 1984

Dash

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Dash
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2017

Peak rank proxy

322

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Alpha

1984Peak 20172024

Peak year

2017

Decline from peak

28%

2024

232

All-time

4,082

Dash has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2017, when 322 boys were named Dash.

In 2024, only 232 boys were given the name.

Down 28% from its peak.

All told, about 4,082 Americans have been named Dash and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1984.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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