Dacota
- Last seen for girls in 2017 at #14,124
- Last seen for boys in 2022 at #9,823
- Given to boys 72.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1997 · 40 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 491since 1988
Dacota over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
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| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | — | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | — | |
| 2011 | — | #9,600 | 7 | |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #6,393 | 13 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #5,901 | 14 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #5,072 | 17 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #5,034 | 16 |
| 2004 | — | #4,421 | 19 | |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | #5,271 | 14 |
| 2002 | — | #2,755 | 34 | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #2,797 | 33 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | #3,299 | 25 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #2,795 | 30 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #2,235 | 40 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #2,164 | 40 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #3,406 | 20 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #2,400 | 32 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #3,661 | 17 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #3,105 | 21 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #4,407 | 12 |
| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1988
The first year at least five boys were named Dacota! It came in at #7,270, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2012–2015, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Dacota is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Dacota in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Dacota
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1988
- Peaked 1997 at #2,164 (40 births)
- Births halved by 2003, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 47,129
- Highest: 1 in 47,129 boys born in 1997 were named Dacota (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 249,430 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 52.3% of all boys named Dacota (257) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2022
- Mostly girls until 2021, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 13 | #5,615 (1989) | #6,443 |
| 1990s | 257 | #2,164 (1997) | #3,013 |
| 2000s | 193 | #2,755 (2002) | #4,993 |
| 2010s | 21 | #8,816 (2016) | #9,727 |
| 2020s | 7 | #9,823 (2022) | #9,823 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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