Dakarai

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Peak · boys
#2,099
2009 · 65 births
Debut · boys
1973
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,493
since 1973

Dakarai over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Dakarai has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,099, 2009boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,65830
2024—#3,69330
2023—#2,89543
2022—#3,34435
2021—#3,49732
2020—#2,54650
2019—#3,10338
2018—#2,63547
2017—#2,63747
2016—#3,16136
2015—#2,68445
2014—#3,53230
2013—#2,36453
2012—#2,32655
2011—#2,79842
2010—#2,11863
2009—#2,09965
2008#15,4056#2,23759
2007—#2,53349
2006—#2,24856
2005—#2,32550
2004#14,1796#2,34448
2003—#2,67437
2002—#2,50439
2001#13,5216#2,79733
2000—#2,47638
1999—#2,56034
1998—#2,85128
1997—#2,26037
1996—#2,53530
1995—#2,76226
1994—#2,68527
1993—#3,36819
1992—#3,92015
1991—#5,09610
1990—#5,3829
1989—#6,9416
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1986—#6,7215
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1984—#5,5616
1983—#4,4998
1982—#3,69211
1981—#4,5098
1980—#4,4958
1979—#3,81010
1978—#2,92914
1977—#5,1236
1976—#2,94613
1975—#3,9418
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1973—#5,1015
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First appearance
1973

The first year at least five boys were named Dakarai! It came in at #5,101, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1973–1974, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Dakarai is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,471 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 35,095 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Dakarai, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#2,471 · 1 in 35,095

Best ever in a state: #772 in Virginia, 2004.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Dakarai
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 35 spots since 2024 (#3,693 → #3,658)
  • 1,112 spots since 2020 (#2,546 → #3,658)
  • 974 spots since 2015 (#2,684 → #3,658)
Rise & fade · boys
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1973
  • Peaked 2009 at #2,099 (65 births)
  • Births halved by 2014, 5 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 30,455
  • Highest: 1 in 30,455 boys born in 2010 were named Dakarai (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 56,936 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,099 in 2009, was only 1 in 30,517 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 31.7% of all boys named Dakarai (474) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s56#2,929 (1978)#3,975
1980s52#3,692 (1982)#5,203
1990s235#2,260 (1997)#3,342
2000s474#2,099 (2009)#2,424
2010s456#2,118 (2010)#2,736
2020s220#2,546 (2020)#3,272

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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