Dekota

Where Dekota comes from

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  • Vowel-ended
Dekota through the years
  1. 1986
    First appearance
    #3,440 among boys with 13 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1995
    Peak, #1,736
    51 babies named Dekota, the most in any year.
  3. 2004
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #3,735.
  4. 2024
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

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