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Dakin

Boys' name

David with the suffix -kin

Dakin has been given to 63 babies in the U.S. since 1975. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1992, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Dakin, 2012

1 in 610,000

Dakin over time, 1880–2025

Boys
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Dakin: meaning, origin, and history

David with the suffix -kin

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Dakin means

Dakin is formed from David with the suffix -kin.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From a Middle English short form of David + -kin.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Dakin (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Dakin is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include David.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 63 boys were recorded with the name Dakin between 1975 and 2012. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1992; its best national rank was #5,257 in 1977.

How common is Dakin?

Dakin had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2012, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2012
1 in 610,000
6 of 3,657,590 births
Among boys only
1 in 316,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2012
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
422,543 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Dakin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2012 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 422,543 children born in 2012 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dakin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dakins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dakin was born before 1992 — so the typical Dakin is around 33 today.

Median birth year
1992
About 33 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
61.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
82.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
63
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 61.9% of all recorded uses (39).

Is Dakin rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1992 (9)
Years since peak
33
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,257
1977

Spellings of Dakin

Dakin is not the most common spelling — David is, with 76.9% against Dakin's <0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Dakin around the world

Where Dakin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • South Australia
    2006–2006
    #657
    in 2006

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Dakin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#5,257
1977
Peak year
1992
9 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2012
All-time count
63
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Dakin

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

DakenDakaiDakariiDakyrieDakarDakwanDakwonDakingHawkinArkinDakshDakimDakarriDakshithDakodahDakDakottaDakeemDakhaiElkinDakhiRykinDakobeRakin

Sibling names for Dakin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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