Dax
Dax is ranked 636th among boys in 2024 (438 births). Its best rank was 413th, in 2019.
- Rank in 2024
- #636down 77 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4380.03% of boys
- Peak year
- 2019749 births
- Best rank
- #413in 2019
- Since 1967
- 11,524people given the name
The story in the numbers
11,524 boys have been named Dax in the United States since 1967, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2019, with 749 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2010s alone account for 43%. It has spent 27 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2019, its biggest year
Dax was the 413th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2019 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, William and Elijah. See all of 2019.
Names that rose and fell with Dax
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Samarpeak 2022
- Jadpeak 2020
- Greypeak 2021
- Allisterpeak 2022
- Hendrickpeak 2024
- Nikolaipeak 2016
- Amenpeak 2019
- Ryepeak 2020
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.