Lakota
#3,680 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Lakota has been given to 3,245 babies in the U.S. since 1983. In 2025 it ranked #3,680 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1997, with 80 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 52% girls, 48% boys all-time.
Babies named Lakota, 2025
1 in 80,900
Lakota 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Lakota over time
In 2025, Lakota went to 59% girls and 41% 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 Lakota?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 80,900
- 41 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 39,200
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #3,680
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 56,047 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Lakota 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 56,047 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lakota. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Lakotas were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Lakota was born before 2006 — so the typical Lakota is around 19 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2000s
- 30.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 66.5%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,689
- People you could plausibly meet
2000s — 30.8% of all recorded uses (521).
Is Lakota 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
- +1,411
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −313
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −266
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.87×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 51.2%
- Peak was 1997 (80)
- Years since peak
- 28
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 20.6% average annual change
Spellings of Lakota
Lakota is not the most common spelling — Latoya is, with 35.4% against Lakota's 1.3%.
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 Lakota is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Lakota was most concentrated in Oklahoma — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 399,932 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Oklahoma1 in 50,000
- 2Missouri1 in 100,000
- 3California1 in —
- 4Iowa1 in —
- 5Illinois1 in —
- 6Indiana1 in —
- 7Ohio1 in —
- 8Pennsylvania1 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. Lakota has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Lakota is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Lakota was most concentrated in North Carolina — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 615,454 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1North Carolina1 in 100,000
- 2Oklahoma1 in 100,000
- 3California1 in —
- 4Florida1 in —
- 5Kentucky1 in —
- 6Ohio1 in —
- 7Pennsylvania1 in —
- 8Tennessee1 in —
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. Lakota has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Lakota around the world
Where Lakota 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.
- England & Wales1998–2011#5,785in 2011
- Canada1995–2024#3,457in 2024
- South Australia1978–2007#803in 2007
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Lakota by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Lakota
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Lakota
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.