Dekota
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #11,122
- #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
- Given to boys 70.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1995 · 51 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 845since 1986
Dekota over time
girlsboys
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.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,194 | 11 | |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | #6,469 | 13 |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | #7,738 | 10 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | #4,936 | 19 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | #5,699 | 15 |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 | #5,813 | 15 |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | #6,345 | 13 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #6,685 | 12 |
| 2016 | #6,663 | 18 | #6,726 | 12 |
| 2015 | #8,447 | 13 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #6,306 | 13 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #6,359 | 13 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | #4,582 | 21 |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | #6,393 | 13 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | #4,011 | 25 |
| 2006 | #6,592 | 19 | #4,370 | 21 |
| 2005 | — | #4,464 | 19 | |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | #3,735 | 24 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | #3,186 | 29 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | #3,259 | 27 |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 | #2,681 | 35 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #2,222 | 44 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | #2,263 | 40 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #1,987 | 48 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #2,060 | 43 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | #1,986 | 44 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #1,736 | 51 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #2,307 | 34 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | #2,577 | 28 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #2,412 | 30 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #2,915 | 22 |
| 1990 | — | #4,993 | 10 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,523 | 14 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,521 | 13 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | — | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1986
The first year at least five boys were named Dekota! It came in at #3,440, and was given to 13 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2015, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Dekota is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Dekota in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Dekota
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 725 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #7,194)
- 1,495 spots since 2020 (#5,699 → #7,194)
- 4,892 spots since 2015 (#12,086 → #7,194)
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1986
- Peaked 1995 at #1,736 (51 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 9 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 37,327
- Highest: 1 in 37,327 boys born in 1995 were named Dekota (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 41.4% of all boys named Dekota (350) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2024
- Mostly girls until 2023, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 48 | #3,440 (1986) | #4,025 |
| 1990s | 350 | #1,736 (1995) | #2,524 |
| 2000s | 258 | #2,222 (2000) | #3,890 |
| 2010s | 114 | #5,813 (2019) | #7,256 |
| 2020s | 75 | #4,936 (2021) | #6,977 |
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.
Want to check a specific year?
See where Dekota ranked and which names it was up against. Click a point on the chart, or pick a year: