Dacota

Where Dacota comes from

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  • Vowel-ended
Dacota through the years
  1. 1988
    First appearance
    #7,270 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1997
    Peak, #2,164
    40 babies named Dacota, the most in any year.
  3. 2003
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #5,271.
  4. 2022
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes

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