Dakota

Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 31% girls / 69% boys

Dakota first appears in the U.S. data in 1966 and has been recorded in 56 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1995 with 6,575 babies (rank #56 that year). In 2024 it was given to 1,053 boys (rank #328). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.
132,430
Total babies (all years)
56
Years in the data
6,575
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19665#4,058
19685#4,248
19709#3,334
197213#2,691
19739#3,498
19748#3,901
197514#2,782
197616#2,626
197722#2,139
197855#1,205
197934#1,682
198040#1,527
198129#1,906
198243#1,465
198349#1,327
198460#1,179
1985109#869
1986321#488
1987430#421
1988554#363
1989824#296
19901,550#195
19912,740#121
19923,613#103
19934,411#85
19945,536#69
19956,575#56
19966,067#58
19975,664#66
19985,401#72
19995,093#77
20004,553#88
20013,980#93
20023,487#107
20033,160#126
20042,918#137
20052,722#148
20062,367#172
20071,961#202
20081,645#226
20091,387#251
20101,142#292
20111,030#312
2012961#328
2013905#350
2014893#358
2015942#356
2016874#376
2017999#340
2018942#351
2019973#344
2020918#348
2021954#343
2022941#349
20231,014#328
20241,053#328