Dakoda**
#1,942 most common boys' name of all time · #4,679 across all names · 79% male / 21% female · used 1986–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#1,942
Rank overall
#4,679 of 105,966
First appeared
1986
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
4,260
Since 2016
930
Peak year
2006 #1,283
Best rank
#924 1995
Girls
Boys
peak 191/yr
Dakoda first appears in 1986. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | 69 | 83 | #2,116 |
| 2024 | 27 | 79 | 106 | #1,978 |
| 2023 | 40 | 87 | 127 | #1,841 |
| 2022 | 25 | 81 | 106 | #1,932 |
| 2021 | 29 | 57 | 86 | #2,396 |
| 2020 | 24 | 79 | 103 | #1,887 |
| 2019 | 22 | 46 | 68 | #2,758 |
| 2018 | 17 | 71 | 88 | #2,042 |
| 2017 | 21 | 56 | 77 | #2,339 |
| 2016 | 32 | 54 | 86 | #2,401 |
| 2015 | 22 | 62 | 84 | #2,206 |
| 2014 | 24 | 62 | 86 | #2,199 |
| 2013 | 24 | 65 | 89 | #2,081 |
| 2012 | 30 | 63 | 93 | #2,147 |
| 2011 | 25 | 51 | 76 | #2,467 |
| 2010 | 35 | 83 | 118 | #1,791 |
| 2009 | 45 | 91 | 136 | #1,715 |
| 2008 | 43 | 124 | 167 | #1,378 |
| 2007 | 37 | 128 | 165 | #1,331 |
| 2006 | 60 | 131 | 191 | #1,283 |
| 2005 | 41 | 129 | 170 | #1,230 |
| 2004 | 29 | 153 | 182 | #1,059 |
| 2003 | 22 | 95 | 117 | #1,409 |
| 2002 | 21 | 84 | 105 | #1,504 |
| 2001 | 21 | 87 | 108 | #1,440 |
| 2000 | 25 | 102 | 127 | #1,281 |
| 1999 | 17 | 136 | 153 | #1,027 |
| 1998 | 22 | 108 | 130 | #1,169 |
| 1997 | 23 | 126 | 149 | #1,014 |
| 1996 | 18 | 139 | 157 | #941 |
| 1995 | 19 | 144 | 163 | #924 |
| 1994 | 14 | 134 | 148 | #954 |
| 1993 | 8 | 119 | 127 | #1,006 |
| 1992 | 13 | 94 | 107 | #1,140 |
| 1991 | 15 | 62 | 77 | #1,451 |
| 1990 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,944 |
| 1989 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,900 |
| 1988 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,077 |
| 1987 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,953 |
| 1986 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,650 |