Dakota
- #295 for girls in 2025, 1,035 births
- #319 for boys in 2025, 1,074 births
- Given to boys 69.2% of the time
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- Peak · boys
- 1995 · 6,575 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 9 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 93,118since 1966
Dakota over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 8 girls in 1915, 6 girls in 1921 (see the data table).
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #295 | 1,035 | #319 | 1,074 |
| 2024 | #273 | 1,160 | #326 | 1,060 |
| 2023 | #262 | 1,191 | #328 | 1,017 |
| 2022 | #259 | 1,210 | #347 | 945 |
| 2021 | #270 | 1,163 | #339 | 958 |
| 2020 | #257 | 1,175 | #346 | 920 |
| 2019 | #259 | 1,269 | #344 | 973 |
| 2018 | #246 | 1,322 | #349 | 944 |
| 2017 | #231 | 1,362 | #340 | 1,000 |
| 2016 | #227 | 1,417 | #376 | 874 |
| 2015 | #242 | 1,334 | #356 | 943 |
| 2014 | #283 | 1,149 | #357 | 894 |
| 2013 | #293 | 1,089 | #350 | 905 |
| 2012 | #307 | 1,039 | #328 | 961 |
| 2011 | #294 | 1,068 | #312 | 1,031 |
| 2010 | #285 | 1,142 | #292 | 1,142 |
| 2009 | #274 | 1,198 | #251 | 1,387 |
| 2008 | #266 | 1,288 | #226 | 1,645 |
| 2007 | #239 | 1,486 | #202 | 1,962 |
| 2006 | #190 | 1,839 | #172 | 2,367 |
| 2005 | #225 | 1,515 | #147 | 2,722 |
| 2004 | #277 | 1,180 | #137 | 2,918 |
| 2003 | #339 | 917 | #126 | 3,160 |
| 2002 | #323 | 952 | #107 | 3,487 |
| 2001 | #330 | 943 | #93 | 3,980 |
| 2000 | #296 | 1,086 | #88 | 4,553 |
| 1999 | #269 | 1,167 | #77 | 5,093 |
| 1998 | #246 | 1,242 | #72 | 5,401 |
| 1997 | #250 | 1,175 | #66 | 5,664 |
| 1996 | #274 | 1,055 | #58 | 6,067 |
| 1995 | #252 | 1,125 | #56 | 6,575 |
| 1994 | #305 | 895 | #69 | 5,535 |
| 1993 | #355 | 724 | #85 | 4,411 |
| 1992 | #346 | 752 | #103 | 3,613 |
| 1991 | #400 | 636 | #121 | 2,739 |
| 1990 | #596 | 380 | #195 | 1,551 |
| 1989 | #1,048 | 163 | #296 | 824 |
| 1988 | #1,409 | 99 | #363 | 554 |
| 1987 | #1,591 | 78 | #421 | 430 |
| 1986 | #1,638 | 72 | #488 | 320 |
| 1985 | #1,809 | 62 | #866 | 109 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | #1,174 | 60 |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 | #1,327 | 49 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | #1,487 | 42 |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 | #1,899 | 29 |
| 1980 | #3,318 | 25 | #1,524 | 40 |
| 1979 | #3,777 | 20 | #1,670 | 34 |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 | #1,203 | 55 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | #2,131 | 22 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #2,601 | 16 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1970 | — | #3,282 | 9 | |
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| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
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| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | — | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,596 | 20 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 | — | |
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First appearance
1966
The first year at least five boys were named Dakota! It came in at #3,948, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1966–1969, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Dakota is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Oklahoma#133 · 1 in 505
- Alaska#165 · 1 in 454
- Mississippi#165 · 1 in 570
- Delaware#168 · 1 in 491
- South Carolina#178 · 1 in 684
Best ever in a state: #15 in Oklahoma, 1997.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #133 | 35 | 1 in 505 |
| Alaska | #165 | 5 | 1 in 454 |
| Mississippi | #165 | 19 | 1 in 570 |
| Delaware | #168 | 6 | 1 in 491 |
| South Carolina | #178 | 31 | 1 in 684 |
| Kentucky | #180 | 31 | 1 in 662 |
| Arkansas | #181 | 20 | 1 in 629 |
| Oregon | #188 | 22 | 1 in 685 |
| Louisiana | #191 | 27 | 1 in 709 |
| North Dakota | #191 | 6 | 1 in 559 |
| Alabama | #200 | 28 | 1 in 768 |
| Hawaii | #214 | 5 | 1 in 584 |
| South Dakota | #221 | 6 | 1 in 641 |
| Idaho | #230 | 11 | 1 in 785 |
| Missouri | #230 | 31 | 1 in 897 |
| Maine | #234 | 5 | 1 in 769 |
| Ohio | #236 | 53 | 1 in 991 |
| North Carolina | #247 | 50 | 1 in 1,029 |
| Georgia | #248 | 50 | 1 in 1,004 |
| Indiana | #254 | 32 | 1 in 989 |
| West Virginia | #254 | 7 | 1 in 880 |
| Michigan | #259 | 39 | 1 in 1,031 |
| Nevada | #267 | 11 | 1 in 1,027 |
| Virginia | #280 | 30 | 1 in 1,242 |
| Tennessee | #282 | 31 | 1 in 1,186 |
| Arizona | #308 | 25 | 1 in 1,309 |
| Pennsylvania | #324 | 34 | 1 in 1,537 |
| Illinois | #325 | 33 | 1 in 1,502 |
| Connecticut | #326 | 9 | 1 in 1,467 |
| Utah | #327 | 14 | 1 in 1,405 |
| Maryland | #344 | 15 | 1 in 1,526 |
| Texas | #345 | 110 | 1 in 1,591 |
| Colorado | #346 | 18 | 1 in 1,492 |
| Florida | #373 | 52 | 1 in 1,837 |
| Wisconsin | #393 | 13 | 1 in 1,802 |
| Washington | #403 | 18 | 1 in 1,822 |
| Massachusetts | #438 | 11 | 1 in 2,456 |
| Kansas | #468 | 7 | 1 in 2,007 |
| Minnesota | #477 | 11 | 1 in 2,227 |
| California | #521 | 59 | 1 in 2,974 |
| Iowa | #571 | 5 | 1 in 2,766 |
| New Jersey | #576 | 12 | 1 in 3,314 |
| New York | #661 | 22 | 1 in 3,837 |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Dakota
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 27 spots since 2020 (#346 → #319)
- Biggest jump: 378 spots in 1986
- Biggest drop: 41 spots in 2010
Rise & fade · boys
29 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1966
- Peaked 1995 at #56 (6,575 births)
- Births halved by 2003, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 9 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 9 yrs · run 1993–2001
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1985–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 290
- Highest: 1 in 290 boys born in 1995 were named Dakota (0.35%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,590 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 50.1% of all boys named Dakota (46,649) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
- Mostly girls until 2024, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10 | #3,948 (1966) | #4,042 |
| 1970s | 180 | #1,203 (1978) | #2,620 |
| 1980s | 2,457 | #296 (1989) | #985 |
| 1990s | 46,649 | #56 (1995) | #90 |
| 2000s | 28,181 | #88 (2000) | #155 |
| 2010s | 9,667 | #292 (2010) | #340 |
| 2020s | 5,974 | #319 (2025) | #334 |
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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