Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dashiell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,851
- 2,835 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 179 babies
- 2025
- 61
- #2,291 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −31%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 61 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,291 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 30.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 174 in 2015. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (10). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,316 as a first name in 2020; 1,512 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.
Dashiell’s family of names
Dashiell may belong to the same name family as DASSHIELL. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dashiell
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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