A dashboard hat rack including a hat rack assembly, a pivoting assembly, and a base assembly. The hat rack assembly includes a hat rack. The hat rack has the shape of a horseshoe. The pivoting assembly includes a pivot. The hat rack assembly and the base assembly are hingedly attached through the pivoting assembly. The pivot moves the hat rack up and down from a lower configuration to an upright configuration. A hat is held by the hat rack in the upright configuration. The base assembly includes a base. The base can be mounted in the dashboard of a car. In the lower configuration the hat rack is in abutting contact with said base. In the upright configuration the hat rack is parallel to the base.