Data through 2025

Dakota name popularity in the United States

Dakota ranked #319 for boys in 2025. SSA recorded 1,074 boys named Dakota.

Rank#319

for boys in 2025

Boys recorded1,074

SSA

Peak year1995

6,575 recorded

Five-year change+16.7%

since 2020

Popularity over time

Dakota for boys and girls

Girls

1,035

49.1% in 2025 · data from 1915 to 2025

Boys

1,074

50.9% in 2025 · data from 1966 to 2025

Dakota in other countries and regions

Recent year-by-year data

The latest published years are shown first.

YearGroupRecorded countRank
2025boys1,074#319
2025girls1,035#295
2024boys1,060#326
2024girls1,160#273
2023boys1,017#328
2023girls1,191#262
2022boys945#347
2022girls1,210#259
2021boys958#339
2021girls1,163#270
2020boys920#346
2020girls1,175#257
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YearGroupRecorded countRank
2025boys1,074#319
2025girls1,035#295
2024boys1,060#326
2024girls1,160#273
2023boys1,017#328
2023girls1,191#262
2022boys945#347
2022girls1,210#259
2021boys958#339
2021girls1,163#270
2020boys920#346
2020girls1,175#257
2019boys973#344
2019girls1,269#259
2018boys944#349
2018girls1,322#246
2017boys1,000#340
2017girls1,362#231
2016boys874#376
2016girls1,417#227
2015boys943#356
2015girls1,334#242
2014boys894#357
2014girls1,149#283
2013boys905#350
2013girls1,089#293
2012boys961#328
2012girls1,039#307
2011boys1,031#312
2011girls1,068#294
2010boys1,142#292
2010girls1,142#285
2009boys1,387#251
2009girls1,198#274
2008boys1,645#226
2008girls1,288#266
2007boys1,962#202
2007girls1,486#239
2006boys2,367#172
2006girls1,839#190
2005boys2,722#147
2005girls1,515#225
2004boys2,918#137
2004girls1,180#277
2003boys3,160#126
2003girls917#339
2002boys3,487#107
2002girls952#323
2001boys3,980#93
2001girls943#330
2000boys4,553#88
2000girls1,086#296
1999boys5,093#77
1999girls1,167#269
1998boys5,401#72
1998girls1,242#246
1997boys5,664#66
1997girls1,175#250
1996boys6,067#58
1996girls1,055#274
1995boys6,575#56
1995girls1,125#252
1994boys5,535#69
1994girls895#305
1993boys4,411#85
1993girls724#355
1992boys3,613#103
1992girls752#346
1991boys2,739#121
1991girls636#400
1990boys1,551#195
1990girls380#596
1989boys824#296
1989girls163#1048
1988boys554#363
1988girls99#1409
1987boys430#421
1987girls78#1591
1986boys320#488
1986girls72#1638
1985boys109#866
1985girls62#1809
1984boys60#1174
1984girls19#3990
1983boys49#1327
1983girls15#4686
1982boys42#1487
1982girls13#5209
1981boys29#1899
1981girls19#4005
1980boys40#1524
1980girls25#3318
1979boys34#1670
1979girls20#3777
1978boys55#1203
1978girls15#4459
1977boys22#2131
1977girls14#4652
1976boys16#2601
1976girls11#5215
1975boys14#2751
1975girls12#4854
1974boys8#3837
1974girls8#6258
1973boys9#3445
1973girls11#4871
1972boys13#2659
1972girls6#7292
1971girls8#6006
1970boys9#3282
1968boys5#4136
1966boys5#3948
1966girls8#4866
1965girls9#4494
1964girls6#6009
1963girls5#6592
1962girls9#4533
1961girls13#3608
1960girls13#3512
1959girls20#2596
1958girls11#3747
1921girls6#4464
1915girls8#3134

Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.

How Dakota’s popularity has changed

Ten-year change+13.9%
Change since peak-83.7%