Dekota**
#4,320 most common boys' name of all time · #10,579 across all names · 71% male / 29% female · used 1959–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#4,320
Rank overall
#10,579 of 105,966
First appeared
1959
Years on the list
42 of 146
All-time
1,194
Since 2016
223
Peak year
1998 #1,999
Best rank
#1,744 1995
Girls
Boys
peak 59/yr
Dekota first appears in 1959. 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 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,300 |
| 2024 | 8 | 13 | 21 | #6,557 |
| 2023 | 12 | 10 | 22 | #7,858 |
| 2022 | 11 | 7 | 18 | #10,006 |
| 2021 | 11 | 19 | 30 | #4,982 |
| 2020 | 10 | 15 | 25 | #5,763 |
| 2019 | 14 | 15 | 29 | #5,871 |
| 2018 | 7 | 13 | 20 | #6,434 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #6,790 |
| 2016 | 18 | 12 | 30 | #6,812 |
| 2015 | 13 | 5 | 18 | #12,397 |
| 2014 | 10 | 9 | 19 | #8,262 |
| 2013 | 8 | 12 | 20 | #6,697 |
| 2012 | 8 | 13 | 21 | #6,381 |
| 2011 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #7,627 |
| 2010 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #6,442 |
| 2009 | 9 | 21 | 30 | #4,629 |
| 2008 | 9 | 13 | 22 | #6,482 |
| 2007 | 13 | 25 | 38 | #4,048 |
| 2006 | 19 | 21 | 40 | #4,416 |
| 2005 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,512 |
| 2004 | 11 | 24 | 35 | #3,776 |
| 2003 | 8 | 29 | 37 | #3,218 |
| 2002 | 11 | 27 | 38 | #3,289 |
| 2001 | 17 | 35 | 52 | #2,708 |
| 2000 | 10 | 44 | 54 | #2,240 |
| 1999 | 14 | 40 | 54 | #2,281 |
| 1998 | 11 | 48 | 59 | #1,999 |
| 1997 | 5 | 43 | 48 | #2,076 |
| 1996 | 9 | 44 | 53 | #2,006 |
| 1995 | 6 | 51 | 57 | #1,744 |
| 1994 | 5 | 34 | 39 | #2,325 |
| 1993 | 10 | 28 | 38 | #2,605 |
| 1992 | 8 | 30 | 38 | #2,441 |
| 1991 | 8 | 22 | 30 | #2,946 |
| 1990 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,148 |
| 1989 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,865 |
| 1988 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,613 |
| 1987 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,624 |
| 1986 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #3,543 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1959 | 5 | — | 5 | — |