Lakota

Where Lakota comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Lakota.

  • Vowel-ended
Lakota through the years
  1. 1983
    First appearance
    #9,015 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1997
    Peak, #1,845
    80 babies named Lakota, the most in any year.
  3. 2004
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #3,748.
  4. 2025
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes

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