Dakoda
#2,114 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Dakoda has been given to 4,260 babies in the U.S. since 1986. In 2025 it ranked #2,114 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2004, with 153 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 79% boys, 21% girls all-time.
Babies named Dakoda, 2025
1 in 48,000
Dakoda over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Dakoda over time
In 2025, Dakoda went to 17% girls and 83% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Dakoda?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 48,000
- 69 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 24,800
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #2,114
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 33,304 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Dakoda sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 33,304 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dakoda. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Dakodas were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Dakoda was born before 2004 — so the typical Dakoda is around 21 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2000s
- 33.5% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 62.2%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 3,356
- People you could plausibly meet
2000s — 33.5% of all recorded uses (1,124).
Is Dakoda 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
- −139
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −236
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +81
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.11×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 45.1%
- Peak was 2004 (153)
- Years since peak
- 21
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 18.1% average annual change
Spellings of Dakoda
Dakoda is not the most common spelling — Dakota is, with 81.8% against Dakoda's 2.9%.
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.
Where Dakoda is used — boys
Across 2016–2025, Dakoda was most concentrated in North Carolina — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 45,770 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1North Carolina1 in 20,000
- 2Ohio1 in 25,000
- 3Oklahoma1 in 33,333
- 4Texas1 in 33,333
- 5Georgia1 in 50,000
- 6South Carolina1 in 50,000
- 7Tennessee1 in 50,000
- 8Washington1 in 50,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Where Dakoda is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Dakoda was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 941,198 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Florida1 in —
- 3Illinois1 in —
- 4Michigan1 in —
- 5Pennsylvania1 in —
- 6Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Dakoda has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Dakoda around the world
Where Dakoda 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.
- Canada1991–2021#2,619in 2021
- South Australia1999–2013#754in 2013
Popularity data from Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Dakoda by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Dakoda
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Names with a curve like Dakoda
Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Dakoda, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.
Sibling names for Dakoda
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.