Given name & surname
Dack
“from the French town of Dax”
Dack is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the French town of Dax.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the French town of Dax.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dack through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 50
- 50 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1992. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 1974. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 120 as a first name in 2020; 781 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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