Dakoda
- #7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births
- #2,108 for boys in 2025, 69 births
- Given to boys 78.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1995 · 144 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,356since 1986
Dakoda 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 | #7,491 | 14 | #2,108 | 69 |
| 2024 | #4,893 | 27 | #1,970 | 79 |
| 2023 | #3,763 | 40 | #1,832 | 87 |
| 2022 | #5,172 | 25 | #1,917 | 81 |
| 2021 | #4,607 | 29 | #2,373 | 57 |
| 2020 | #5,168 | 24 | #1,872 | 79 |
| 2019 | #5,612 | 22 | #2,736 | 46 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 | #2,029 | 71 |
| 2017 | #5,821 | 21 | #2,319 | 56 |
| 2016 | #4,423 | 32 | #2,387 | 54 |
| 2015 | #5,833 | 22 | #2,189 | 62 |
| 2014 | #5,456 | 24 | #2,175 | 62 |
| 2013 | #5,486 | 24 | #2,065 | 65 |
| 2012 | #4,707 | 30 | #2,132 | 63 |
| 2011 | #5,358 | 25 | #2,437 | 51 |
| 2010 | #4,180 | 35 | #1,778 | 83 |
| 2009 | #3,561 | 45 | #1,708 | 91 |
| 2008 | #3,710 | 43 | #1,374 | 124 |
| 2007 | #4,131 | 37 | #1,327 | 128 |
| 2006 | #2,887 | 60 | #1,273 | 131 |
| 2005 | #3,587 | 41 | #1,225 | 129 |
| 2004 | #4,601 | 29 | #1,053 | 153 |
| 2003 | #5,419 | 22 | #1,400 | 95 |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 | #1,498 | 84 |
| 2001 | #5,364 | 21 | #1,429 | 87 |
| 2000 | #4,649 | 25 | #1,271 | 102 |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 | #1,019 | 136 |
| 1998 | #4,796 | 22 | #1,159 | 108 |
| 1997 | #4,508 | 23 | #1,013 | 126 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 | #935 | 139 |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 | #921 | 144 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | #952 | 134 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #1,000 | 119 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | #1,135 | 94 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | #1,443 | 62 |
| 1990 | — | #1,909 | 40 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,784 | 22 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,961 | 18 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,731 | 12 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,440 | 13 | |
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First appearance
1986
The first year at least five boys were named Dakoda! It came in at #3,440, and was given to 13 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1986–1988, when fewer than 19 boys a year got the name.
Where Dakoda is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Ohio#1,267 · 1 in 10,507
- Florida#1,831 · 1 in 19,107
- Texas#2,080 · 1 in 25,007
- California#2,471 · 1 in 35,095
Best ever in a state: #227 in West Virginia, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Ohio | #1,267 | 5 | 1 in 10,507 |
| Florida | #1,831 | 5 | 1 in 19,107 |
| Texas | #2,080 | 7 | 1 in 25,007 |
| California | #2,471 | 5 | 1 in 35,095 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 236 spots since 2020 (#1,872 → #2,108)
- 81 spots since 2015 (#2,189 → #2,108)
- Biggest jump: 135 spots in 1993
- Biggest drop: 78 spots in 1997
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1986
- Peaked 1995 at #921 (144 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1993–1996
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,974
- Highest: 1 in 12,974 boys born in 2004 were named Dakoda (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 24,755 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #921 in 1995, was only 1 in 13,220 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 33.5% of all boys named Dakoda (1,124) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 65 | #2,784 (1989) | #3,229 |
| 1990s | 1,102 | #921 (1995) | #1,149 |
| 2000s | 1,124 | #1,053 (2004) | #1,356 |
| 2010s | 613 | #1,778 (2010) | #2,225 |
| 2020s | 452 | #1,832 (2023) | #2,012 |
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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