How Many People Are Named Dashiell?
people named Dashiell are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 121,545 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,851 babies named Dashiell in Social Security records from 1979 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
179 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
In the case of American author Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961), it is an Anglicized form of his mother's surname De Chiel, which is of unknown meaning.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Dashiell, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dashiell alive today is about 15 years old, and 90% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 19 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dashiell first appears in the records in 1979 and was given most often in 2015, to 179 babies. In 2025, 61 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1979 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Dashiell has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,105, in 2015. In 2025 it ranked #2,291.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,291 |
| Best rank | #1,105 (2015) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,373 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dashiell alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dashiell were born in California than in any other state: about 728 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dashiell was given 3.6 times as often in California, 2.7 times in New York and 2.7 times in Washington.
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