Dakota**
#258 most common boys' name of all time · #560 across all names · 69% male / 31% female · used 1915–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#258
Rank overall
#560 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
134,576
Since 2016
22,069
Peak year
1995 #56
Best rank
#56 1995
Girls
Boys
peak 7,700/yr
Dakota first appears in 1915. 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 | 1,035 | 1,074 | 2,109 | #319 |
| 2024 | 1,160 | 1,060 | 2,220 | #326 |
| 2023 | 1,191 | 1,017 | 2,208 | #328 |
| 2022 | 1,210 | 945 | 2,155 | #347 |
| 2021 | 1,163 | 958 | 2,121 | #341 |
| 2020 | 1,175 | 920 | 2,095 | #346 |
| 2019 | 1,269 | 973 | 2,242 | #345 |
| 2018 | 1,322 | 944 | 2,266 | #351 |
| 2017 | 1,362 | 1,000 | 2,362 | #340 |
| 2016 | 1,417 | 874 | 2,291 | #376 |
| 2015 | 1,334 | 943 | 2,277 | #357 |
| 2014 | 1,149 | 894 | 2,043 | #357 |
| 2013 | 1,089 | 905 | 1,994 | #350 |
| 2012 | 1,039 | 961 | 2,000 | #328 |
| 2011 | 1,068 | 1,031 | 2,099 | #312 |
| 2010 | 1,142 | 1,142 | 2,284 | #292 |
| 2009 | 1,198 | 1,387 | 2,585 | #251 |
| 2008 | 1,288 | 1,645 | 2,933 | #226 |
| 2007 | 1,486 | 1,962 | 3,448 | #202 |
| 2006 | 1,839 | 2,367 | 4,206 | #172 |
| 2005 | 1,515 | 2,722 | 4,237 | #147 |
| 2004 | 1,180 | 2,918 | 4,098 | #137 |
| 2003 | 917 | 3,160 | 4,077 | #126 |
| 2002 | 952 | 3,487 | 4,439 | #107 |
| 2001 | 943 | 3,980 | 4,923 | #93 |
| 2000 | 1,086 | 4,553 | 5,639 | #88 |
| 1999 | 1,167 | 5,093 | 6,260 | #77 |
| 1998 | 1,242 | 5,401 | 6,643 | #72 |
| 1997 | 1,175 | 5,664 | 6,839 | #66 |
| 1996 | 1,055 | 6,067 | 7,122 | #58 |
| 1995 | 1,125 | 6,575 | 7,700 | #56 |
| 1994 | 895 | 5,535 | 6,430 | #69 |
| 1993 | 724 | 4,411 | 5,135 | #85 |
| 1992 | 752 | 3,613 | 4,365 | #103 |
| 1991 | 636 | 2,739 | 3,375 | #121 |
| 1990 | 380 | 1,551 | 1,931 | #195 |
| 1989 | 163 | 824 | 987 | #296 |
| 1988 | 99 | 554 | 653 | #363 |
| 1987 | 78 | 430 | 508 | #421 |
| 1986 | 72 | 320 | 392 | #489 |
| 1985 | 62 | 109 | 171 | #870 |
| 1984 | 19 | 60 | 79 | #1,183 |
| 1983 | 15 | 49 | 64 | #1,335 |
| 1982 | 13 | 42 | 55 | #1,501 |
| 1981 | 19 | 29 | 48 | #1,917 |
| 1980 | 25 | 40 | 65 | #1,533 |
| 1979 | 20 | 34 | 54 | #1,694 |
| 1978 | 15 | 55 | 70 | #1,209 |
| 1977 | 14 | 22 | 36 | #2,160 |
| 1976 | 11 | 16 | 27 | #2,641 |
| 1975 | 12 | 14 | 26 | #2,807 |
| 1974 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #3,943 |
| 1973 | 11 | 9 | 20 | #3,523 |
| 1972 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #2,722 |
| 1971 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1970 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,362 |
| 1968 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,356 |
| 1966 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #4,174 |
| 1965 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1964 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1963 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1962 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1961 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 1960 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 1959 | 20 | — | 20 | — |
| 1958 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1921 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1915 | 8 | — | 8 | — |