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

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Peak · boys
1995 · 144 births
Debut · boys
13 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,356
since 1986

Dakoda over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #2,887, 2006peak #921, 1995girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,49114#2,10869
2024#4,89327#1,97079
2023#3,76340#1,83287
2022#5,17225#1,91781
2021#4,60729#2,37357
2020#5,16824#1,87279
2019#5,61222#2,73646
2018#6,79217#2,02971
2017#5,82121#2,31956
2016#4,42332#2,38754
2015#5,83322#2,18962
2014#5,45624#2,17562
2013#5,48624#2,06565
2012#4,70730#2,13263
2011#5,35825#2,43751
2010#4,18035#1,77883
2009#3,56145#1,70891
2008#3,71043#1,374124
2007#4,13137#1,327128
2006#2,88760#1,273131
2005#3,58741#1,225129
2004#4,60129#1,053153
2003#5,41922#1,40095
2002#5,44421#1,49884
2001#5,36421#1,42987
2000#4,64925#1,271102
1999#5,89617#1,019136
1998#4,79622#1,159108
1997#4,50823#1,013126
1996#5,28018#935139
1995#5,01919#921144
1994#6,31914#952134
1993#9,5598#1,000119
1992#6,65213#1,13594
1991#5,94915#1,44362
1990—#1,90940
1989—#2,78422
1988—#2,96118
1987—#3,73112
1986—#3,44013
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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 1993

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedNHWashington: #554 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,755 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedMNIllinois: #957 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 14,262 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedINOhio: #619 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 9,349 boysOHPennsylvania: #826 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 15,151 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,194 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 55,090 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedNEMissouri: #378 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,568 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #227 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,989 boysWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #452 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,901 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedHITexas: #1,492 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 30,614 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Dakoda, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. West Virginia#227 · 1 in 1,989
  2. Missouri#378 · 1 in 3,568
  3. Oklahoma#452 · 1 in 3,901
  4. Washington#554 · 1 in 5,755
  5. Ohio#619 · 1 in 9,349

Best ever in a state: #227 in West Virginia, 1993.

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West Virginia#22751 in 1,989
Missouri#378101 in 3,568
Oklahoma#45251 in 3,901
Washington#55461 in 5,755
Ohio#61981 in 9,349
Pennsylvania#82651 in 15,151
Illinois#95761 in 14,262
Texas#1,49251 in 30,614
California#2,19451 in 55,090
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See more about Dakoda
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 138 spots since 2024 (#1,970 → #2,108)
  • 236 spots since 2020 (#1,872 → #2,108)
  • 81 spots since 2015 (#2,189 → #2,108)
  • Biggest jump: 135 spots in 1993 (#1,135 → #1,000)
  • Biggest drop: 78 spots in 1997 (#935 → #1,013)
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s65#2,784 (1989)#3,229
1990s1,102#921 (1995)#1,149
2000s1,124#1,053 (2004)#1,356
2010s613#1,778 (2010)#2,225
2020s452#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.

Dakoda in 1993

girls
#9,559
8 births · 1 in 226,134 girls
boys
#1,000
119 births · 1 in 16,482 boys

Top girls' names in 1993

  1. #1Jessica34,993
  2. #2Ashley34,849
  3. #3Sarah24,257
  4. #4Samantha23,668
  5. #5Emily23,596
  6. #6Brittany21,725
  7. #7Taylor21,270
  8. #8Amanda20,811
  9. #9Elizabeth17,559
  10. #10Stephanie17,186
  11. #9,559Dakoda8

Top boys' names in 1993

  1. #1Michael49,571
  2. #2Christopher38,237
  3. #3Matthew35,782
  4. #4Joshua33,590
  5. #5Tyler29,800
  6. #6Brandon28,735
  7. #7Daniel28,698
  8. #8Nicholas28,114
  9. #9Jacob27,487
  10. #10Andrew27,326
  11. #1,000Dakoda119
More about 1993

girls

1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 226,134 of them was named Dakoda, which outranked 39.5% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dakoda
  1. #8,719Zita9
  2. #8,719Zitlali9
  3. #8,719Zohra9
  4. #9,559Dakoda8
  5. #9,559Aarin8
  6. #9,559Aashna8
  7. #9,559Abreanna8
  8. #10,588Aaisha7
  9. #10,588Aamina7
  10. #10,588Aasha7

Tied with 1,028 names at #9,559; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. ↑ 12,442Coraima#13,317 → #875
  2. ↑ 5,624Kadijah#6,314 → #690
  3. ↑ 3,307Kalene#4,236 → #929
  4. ↑ 1,413Deyanira#2,351 → #938
  5. ↑ 979Halle#1,713 → #734
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,120Latifah#802 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 747Shanae#662 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 520Jaleesa#792 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 487Brianda#777 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 417Chynna#941 → #1,358

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 16,482 of them was named Dakoda, which outranked 90.2% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dakoda
  1. #992Rayshawn120
  2. #992Titus120
  3. #992Yosef120
  4. #1,000Dakoda119
  5. #1,000Aurelio119
  6. #1,000Genaro119
  7. #1,000Justen119
  8. #1,007Adalberto118
  9. #1,007Courtland118
  10. #1,007Eloy118

Tied with 6 names at #1,000; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,880Savon#6,670 → #790
  2. ↑ 2,006Jordy#2,834 → #828
  3. ↑ 662Austyn#1,598 → #936
  4. ↑ 471Devaughn#1,395 → #924
  5. ↑ 454Mikal#1,294 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 329Channing#887 → #1,216
  2. ↓ 307Garth#658 → #965
  3. ↓ 252Earnest#911 → #1,163
  4. ↓ 241Armand#987 → #1,228
  5. ↓ 240Spenser#831 → #1,071

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1993 →