Lakota
- #3,645 for girls in 2025, 41 births
- #3,848 for boys in 2025, 28 births
- Given to girls 52.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1997 · 80 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,689since 1983
Lakota 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 | #3,645 | 41 | #3,848 | 28 |
| 2024 | #5,021 | 26 | #3,605 | 31 |
| 2023 | #3,911 | 38 | #2,805 | 45 |
| 2022 | #4,108 | 35 | #3,278 | 36 |
| 2021 | #4,607 | 29 | #4,011 | 26 |
| 2020 | #3,338 | 46 | #3,074 | 37 |
| 2019 | #4,072 | 35 | #2,897 | 42 |
| 2018 | #4,076 | 35 | #3,055 | 38 |
| 2017 | #3,387 | 46 | #3,193 | 36 |
| 2016 | #3,923 | 38 | #2,885 | 41 |
| 2015 | #3,389 | 47 | #2,722 | 44 |
| 2014 | #3,486 | 45 | #2,370 | 54 |
| 2013 | #2,726 | 63 | #2,492 | 49 |
| 2012 | #2,770 | 63 | #2,517 | 49 |
| 2011 | #3,916 | 38 | #2,663 | 45 |
| 2010 | #3,889 | 39 | #2,914 | 40 |
| 2009 | #3,000 | 57 | #2,348 | 55 |
| 2008 | #3,267 | 51 | #3,344 | 33 |
| 2007 | #3,096 | 56 | #2,721 | 44 |
| 2006 | #3,017 | 56 | #2,082 | 63 |
| 2005 | #2,756 | 60 | #2,008 | 62 |
| 2004 | #3,748 | 38 | #2,131 | 55 |
| 2003 | #3,291 | 44 | #2,128 | 52 |
| 2002 | #3,014 | 48 | #2,224 | 47 |
| 2001 | #2,924 | 49 | #2,249 | 45 |
| 2000 | #2,457 | 62 | #2,476 | 38 |
| 1999 | #2,343 | 63 | #1,966 | 49 |
| 1998 | #2,307 | 61 | #1,811 | 55 |
| 1997 | #1,845 | 80 | #1,519 | 68 |
| 1996 | #2,106 | 65 | #1,616 | 60 |
| 1995 | #2,125 | 63 | #1,887 | 45 |
| 1994 | #2,627 | 47 | #2,219 | 36 |
| 1993 | #3,585 | 30 | #2,091 | 38 |
| 1992 | #4,686 | 21 | #2,747 | 25 |
| 1991 | #3,540 | 30 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | — | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | — | |
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| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1983
The first year at least five girls were named Lakota! It came in at #9,015, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1984–1985, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Lakota 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 · girls
- Oklahoma#697 · 1 in 2,956
- Texas#2,636 · 1 in 22,935
Best ever in a state: #485 in Oklahoma, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #697 | 5 | 1 in 2,956 |
| Texas | #2,636 | 7 | 1 in 22,935 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 · girls
Holding steady
- 1,376 spots since 2024 (#5,021 → #3,645)
- 307 spots since 2020 (#3,338 → #3,645)
- 256 spots since 2015 (#3,389 → #3,645)
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1983
- Peaked 1997 at #1,845 (80 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 21,759
- Highest: 1 in 21,759 girls born in 1997 were named Lakota (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 39,202 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 30.8% of all girls named Lakota (521) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
- Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 31 | #8,523 (1986) | #9,786 |
| 1990s | 473 | #1,845 (1997) | #3,163 |
| 2000s | 521 | #2,457 (2000) | #3,057 |
| 2010s | 449 | #2,726 (2013) | #3,563 |
| 2020s | 215 | #3,338 (2020) | #4,105 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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