Fun Facts About the Name Dax
- More than 11 thousand babies named Dax: U.S. records list 11,933 babies given the name Dax from 1880 through 2025. Even 16 girls received the name Dax - about 1 girl for every 745 boys.
What Does the Name Dax Mean?
Dax is an English masculine given name meaning 'from Dax,' a town in Gascony in southwestern France. It is a transferred use of the French place name and surname Dax. The town's name is not originally English: in Roman times it was called Aquae Tarbellicae, a Latin name combining aquae, 'waters,' with the name of the Tarbelli, a people of the region. In later Latin and Gascon the town was called Acqs. The modern form Dax developed from phrases such as d'Acqs, 'of Acqs,' with the initial D coming from the preposition de. Thus the literal root of the place name is the Latin word for waters, while the given name itself is simply a place-derived name.
Dax Name History & Origins
The place name Dax belongs to a town in what is now the Landes department of France. Its Roman name, Aquae Tarbellicae, recorded the town's thermal springs and its location among the Tarbelli. In late antiquity and the Middle Ages the name was shortened to Acqs, and from the common phrase d'Acqs the modern form Dax arose. The town was the seat of a bishopric and has long been known for its thermal springs. The surname Dax is a locational surname associated with the town or its region. As an English given name, Dax is a modern transferred use of that surname or place name. A prominent modern literary association is the character Jadzia Dax in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, in which Dax is the name of a Trill symbiont. This later use is not the source of the name itself.
How Popular is the Name Dax?
Dax recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2019. Its best rank was #413 in 2019.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | #15,692 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #16,891 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #14,958 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #692 | 393 | 0.0230% |
| 2024 | #636 | 438 | 0.0255% |
| 2023 | #559 | 520 | 0.0304% |
| 2022 | #443 | 701 | 0.0402% |
| 2021 | #462 | 647 | 0.0370% |
| 2020 | #469 | 634 | 0.0368% |
| 2019 | #413 | 749 | 0.0418% |
| 2018 | #451 | 662 | 0.0365% |
| 2017 | #455 | 665 | 0.0359% |
| 2016 | #518 | 574 | 0.0303% |
| 2015 | #551 | 520 | 0.0271% |
| 2014 | #600 | 450 | 0.0234% |
| 2013 | #642 | 382 | 0.0202% |
| 2012 | #634 | 379 | 0.0200% |
| 2011 | #711 | 322 | 0.0170% |
| 2010 | #764 | 293 | 0.0153% |
| 2009 | #792 | 284 | 0.0143% |
| 2008 | #769 | 289 | 0.0142% |
| 2007 | #932 | 213 | 0.0103% |
| 2006 | #1,081 | 163 | 0.0079% |
| 2005 | #1,083 | 152 | 0.0076% |
| 2004 | #1,254 | 120 | 0.0060% |
| 2003 | #1,382 | 97 | 0.0049% |
| 2002 | #1,319 | 101 | 0.0052% |
| 2001 | #1,504 | 81 | 0.0042% |
| 2000 | #1,435 | 86 | 0.0044% |
| 1999 | #1,375 | 86 | 0.0045% |
| 1998 | #1,745 | 58 | 0.0030% |
| 1997 | #1,458 | 74 | 0.0039% |
| 1996 | #1,822 | 50 | 0.0026% |
| 1995 | #1,714 | 52 | 0.0027% |
| 1994 | #1,672 | 54 | 0.0028% |
| 1993 | #2,223 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 1992 | #2,138 | 36 | 0.0018% |
| 1991 | #1,872 | 42 | 0.0021% |
| 1990 | #2,185 | 33 | 0.0016% |
| 1989 | #2,165 | 32 | 0.0016% |
| 1988 | #1,579 | 46 | 0.0024% |
| 1987 | #1,945 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 1986 | #1,598 | 41 | 0.0022% |
| 1985 | #1,804 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 1984 | #1,731 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 1983 | #1,542 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 1982 | #1,366 | 48 | 0.0026% |
| 1981 | #1,417 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 1980 | #1,155 | 62 | 0.0035% |
| 1979 | #1,139 | 62 | 0.0036% |
| 1978 | #903 | 91 | 0.0055% |
| 1977 | #797 | 115 | 0.0070% |
| 1976 | #825 | 103 | 0.0066% |
| 1975 | #772 | 115 | 0.0074% |
| 1974 | #802 | 100 | 0.0064% |
| 1973 | #715 | 127 | 0.0081% |
| 1972 | #805 | 99 | 0.0061% |
| 1971 | #746 | 120 | 0.0068% |
| 1970 | #863 | 87 | 0.0047% |
| 1969 | #1,872 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1968 | #1,702 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1967 | #2,639 | 10 | 0.0006% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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