Modern · boy

Dash

A familiar name with a nostalgic, vintage feel.

Rank 2024

#967

Trend

falling

Band

rare

Styles

short · vintage

Meaning

A modern name, short and spirited

Dash is a rare boy name with Modern roots. In 2024, 232 newborns in the U.S. were given the name — ranking it #967 nationally, and it has been gently easing in recent years. Its style leans short, vintage, strong — tags you can match against your partner's picks in the combiner.

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About Modern names

Modern names are the newcomers — coined, blended, or respelled within living memory rather than inherited from an old language. Some fuse two familiar names, some borrow surname or word sounds, and some simply chase a feeling: Jayden, Kylie, Nevaeh. What they trade in history they gain in freshness, and today's invention is often tomorrow's classic — plenty of traditional names started exactly this way.

Meaning and origin are editorial; U.S. popularity comes from Social Security Administration public files.

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