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.

Dakotah**

#1,649 most common boys' name of all time · #3,997 across all names · 58% male / 42% female · used 1979–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#1,649
Rank overall
#3,997 of 105,966
First appeared
1979
Years on the list
45 of 146
All-time
5,465
Since 2016
802
Peak year
1994 #731
Best rank
#731 1994
Girls Boys peak 290/yr
198020002020

Dakotah first appears in 1979. 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 35 27 62 #3,998
2024 56 21 77 #4,777
2023 35 16 51 #5,760
2022 60 19 79 #5,102
2021 65 23 88 #4,429
2020 51 23 74 #4,351
2019 50 28 78 #3,838
2018 55 37 92 #3,142
2017 54 45 99 #2,743
2016 58 44 102 #2,751
2015 73 38 111 #3,054
2014 61 42 103 #2,833
2013 63 38 101 #2,983
2012 65 42 107 #2,848
2011 58 42 100 #2,836
2010 88 45 133 #2,715
2009 58 64 122 #2,133
2008 70 66 136 #2,099
2007 83 71 154 #1,988
2006 75 100 175 #1,517
2005 64 94 158 #1,522
2004 66 100 166 #1,422
2003 68 81 149 #1,574
2002 41 82 123 #1,524
2001 53 93 146 #1,378
2000 53 123 176 #1,134
1999 82 147 229 #975
1998 83 173 256 #846
1997 69 153 222 #903
1996 66 171 237 #837
1995 84 204 288 #756
1994 83 207 290 #731
1993 61 159 220 #839
1992 65 143 208 #886
1991 41 92 133 #1,153
1990 41 72 113 #1,317
1989 18 57 75 #1,475
1988 13 37 50 #1,848
1987 17 43 60 #1,635
1986 18 36 54 #1,755
1985 9 25 34 #2,224
1984 6 8 14 #4,929
1983 — 7 7 #5,398
1980 — 8 8 #4,909
1979 — 5 5 #6,920