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Dax

Boy's name · #692 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Dax reached its best rank, #413, in 2019 and ranked #692 in 2025. Roughly 12,000 boys have been named Dax since 1967.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 40 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#560 in Scotland (2025) · #676 in Canada (2025) · #707 in Netherlands (2025) · #1,705 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,144 in Sweden (2025) · #785 in Ireland (2024) · #3,557 in Ecuador (2024) · #2,154 in Austria (2023) · #1,114 in Belgium (2021).

Famous Daxes

• Dax Shepard — American actor, comedian and filmmaker (born 1975)
• Dax Griffin — American actor (born 1972)
• Dax McCarty — American footballer (born 1987)
• Dax Riggs — American rock musician (born 1973)
• Dax Milne — American football player (born 1999)

In stories & tradition

• Dax — Demons of Air and Darkness (book)
• Dax Novu^fa — Final Crisis

What Daxes become

Among 35 notable people named Dax:

Entertainers appear 2.58× more often than among typical names — e.g. Dax Shepard, American actor, comedian and filmmaker (born 1975).

Similar names: Memphis · Daxton · Duke · Pax · Cruz · Phoenix

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