Meaning and history
In the case of the American author Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961), the name came from his mother’s surname, which was possibly an Anglicized form of the French de Chiel, a name of unknown meaning.
20062006: 112 births, rank #1,408
2007: 92 births, rank #1,658
2008: 109 births, rank #1,494
2009: 117 births, rank #1,433
2010: 146 births, rank #1,214
20112011: 127 births, rank #1,331
2012: 100 births, rank #1,575
2013: 122 births, rank #1,376
2014: 127 births, rank #1,348
2015: 174 births, rank #1,105
20162016: 146 births, rank #1,254
2017: 95 births, rank #1,661
2018: 121 births, rank #1,443
2019: 104 births, rank #1,592
2020: 98 births, rank #1,634
20212021: 107 births, rank #1,597
2022: 92 births, rank #1,782
2023: 57 births, rank #2,387
2024: 73 births, rank #2,057
20252025: 61 births, rank #2,284
In 2025, 61 babies were recorded with the name Dashiell, ranking #2,284 among boys.