Dacota**
#6,080 most common boys' name of all time · #15,131 across all names · 72% male / 28% female · used 1988–2022 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#6,080
Rank overall
#15,131 of 105,966
First appeared
1988
Years on the list
30 of 146
All-time
679
Since 2016
26
Peak year
1998 #2,267
Best rank
#2,195 1997
Girls
Boys
peak 50/yr
Dacota first appears in 1988. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,188 |
| 2017 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2016 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #9,157 |
| 2014 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2013 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2012 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2011 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,104 |
| 2010 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #11,316 |
| 2009 | 11 | 8 | 19 | #9,384 |
| 2008 | 7 | 13 | 20 | #6,597 |
| 2007 | 10 | 14 | 24 | #6,125 |
| 2006 | 7 | 17 | 24 | #5,236 |
| 2005 | 8 | 16 | 24 | #5,206 |
| 2004 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,542 |
| 2003 | 14 | 14 | 28 | #5,458 |
| 2002 | — | 34 | 34 | #2,807 |
| 2001 | 7 | 33 | 40 | #2,856 |
| 2000 | 12 | 25 | 37 | #3,397 |
| 1999 | 6 | 30 | 36 | #2,855 |
| 1998 | 10 | 40 | 50 | #2,267 |
| 1997 | 9 | 40 | 49 | #2,195 |
| 1996 | 12 | 20 | 32 | #3,535 |
| 1995 | 6 | 32 | 38 | #2,440 |
| 1994 | 11 | 25 | 36 | #2,940 |
| 1993 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #3,806 |
| 1992 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #3,216 |
| 1991 | 9 | 20 | 29 | #3,223 |
| 1990 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #4,660 |
| 1989 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,191 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,298 |