Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Dakarai

#3,724 most common boys' name of all time · #9,085 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1973–2025

Rank among boys
#3,724
Rank overall
#9,085 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
1,511
Since 2016
388
Peak year
2008 #2,252
Best rank
#2,107 2009
Girls Boys peak 65/yr
198020002020

Dakarai first appears in 1973. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 30 30 #3,696
2024 — 30 30 #3,729
2023 — 43 43 #2,922
2022 — 35 35 #3,377
2021 — 32 32 #3,533
2020 — 50 50 #2,570
2019 — 38 38 #3,122
2018 — 47 47 #2,648
2017 — 47 47 #2,652
2016 — 36 36 #3,189
2015 — 45 45 #2,704
2014 — 30 30 #3,569
2013 — 53 53 #2,386
2012 — 55 55 #2,341
2011 — 42 42 #2,829
2010 — 63 63 #2,129
2009 — 65 65 #2,107
2008 6 59 65 #2,252
2007 — 49 49 #2,553
2006 — 56 56 #2,273
2005 — 50 50 #2,345
2004 6 48 54 #2,358
2003 — 37 37 #2,706
2002 — 39 39 #2,534
2001 6 33 39 #2,841
2000 — 38 38 #2,506
1999 — 34 34 #2,588
1998 — 28 28 #2,901
1997 — 37 37 #2,295
1996 — 30 30 #2,572
1995 — 26 26 #2,813
1994 — 27 27 #2,746
1993 — 19 19 #3,452
1992 — 15 15 #4,026
1991 — 10 10 #5,325
1990 — 9 9 #5,625
1989 — 6 6 #7,456
1986 — 5 5 #7,300
1984 — 6 6 #6,059
1983 — 8 8 #4,791
1982 — 11 11 #3,922
1981 — 8 8 #4,855
1980 — 8 8 #4,826
1979 — 10 10 #4,025
1978 — 14 14 #3,057
1977 — 6 6 #5,624
1976 — 13 13 #3,081
1975 — 8 8 #4,269
1973 — 5 5 #5,749