How Many People Are Named Dax?
people named Dax are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 29,197 people in the US has this name
Based on 11,934 babies named Dax in Social Security records from 1967 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
749 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which was derived either from the town of Dax in France or else from the Old English given name Dæcca (of unknown meaning).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Dax (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dax alive today is about 14 years old, and 86% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dax first appears in the records in 1967 and was given most often in 2019, to 749 babies. In 2025, 393 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1967 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Dax has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #413, in 2019. In 2025 it ranked #692.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #692 |
| Best rank | #413 (2019) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #557 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dax alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dax were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,200 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dax was given 5.2 times as often in Utah, 3.5 times in Idaho and 3.3 times in North Dakota.
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