Dashel
Dashel was the 6202nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 2009, when it ranked 2412th with 53 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,329 places. More babies were named Dashel in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,202 boys, down 2,032 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 14boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200953 babies
- Total since 1880
- 698babies recorded
Dashel popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 6 since 1995.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #6,202 | 14 |
| 2020 | #4,170 | 24 |
| 2010 | #2,883 | 41 |
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How popular is Dashel, counting every spelling?
Dashel is a spelling of Dashiell, a name family that ranked #1,517 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #6,202 for Dashel on its own. Together these spellings went to 104 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dashiell | 61 | #2,291 | 390 |
| Dashel | 14 | #6,202 | 120 |
| Dashiel | 22 | #4,573 | 83 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Dashel?
14 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Dashel (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Dashel born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 596 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Dashel.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Dashel?
About 700 people born in the US named Dashel are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 7 and 16. That makes Dashel a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Dashel by state
How common Dashel was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Dashel: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Dashel, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Dashel
How popular is the name Dashel?
Dashel was the 6202nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 2009, when it ranked 2412th with 53 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,329 places. More babies were named Dashel in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Dashel a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Dashel in the US.
Where is Dashel most popular?
In 2021–2025, Dashel was most common in Washington (0.04 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and California.