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Dakota name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Dakota ranks #319 in male records (1,074 reported) and #296 in female records (1,035 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

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Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#296 · 1,035 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count decreased by 125 female records (1,160 to 1,035); rank moved from #273 to #296.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count decreased by 128 female records (1,163 to 1,035); rank moved from #270 to #296.
2025 male rank and count
#319 · 1,074 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count increased by 14 male records (1,060 to 1,074); rank moved from #326 to #319.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count increased by 116 male records (958 to 1,074); rank moved from #340 to #319.
Peak year in available data
2016: 1,417 female records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Dakota becoming more popular?

Dakota's reported male count increased by 14 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #326 to #319. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Dakota in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for DakotaFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.1,4170201620252016: 1,417 female records2017: 1,362 female records2018: 1,322 female records2019: 1,269 female records2020: 1,175 female records2021: 1,163 female records2022: 1,210 female records2023: 1,191 female records2024: 1,160 female records2025: 1,035 female records2016: 874 male records2017: 1,000 male records2018: 944 male records2019: 973 male records2020: 920 male records2021: 958 male records2022: 945 male records2023: 1,017 male records2024: 1,060 male records2025: 1,074 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
20251,0352961,074319
20241,1602731,060326
20231,1912621,017328
20221,210259945347
20211,163270958340
20201,175257920346
20191,269259973344
20181,322246944349
20171,3622311,000340
20161,417227874376

Questions about Dakota’s popularity

How common is Dakota in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Dakota ranks #319 in male records (1,074 reported) and #296 in female records (1,035 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Dakota?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Dakota only.

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