Lakota**
#3,271 most common girls' name of all time · #5,589 across all names · 48% male / 52% female · used 1978–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#3,271
Rank overall
#5,589 of 105,966
First appeared
1978
Years on the list
42 of 146
All-time
3,245
Since 2016
729
Peak year
1997 #1,861
Best rank
#1,861 1997
Girls
Boys
peak 148/yr
Lakota first appears in 1978. 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 | 41 | 28 | 69 | #3,673 |
| 2024 | 26 | 31 | 57 | #5,069 |
| 2023 | 38 | 45 | 83 | #3,947 |
| 2022 | 35 | 36 | 71 | #4,145 |
| 2021 | 29 | 26 | 55 | #4,651 |
| 2020 | 46 | 37 | 83 | #3,368 |
| 2019 | 35 | 42 | 77 | #4,113 |
| 2018 | 35 | 38 | 73 | #4,104 |
| 2017 | 46 | 36 | 82 | #3,413 |
| 2016 | 38 | 41 | 79 | #3,962 |
| 2015 | 47 | 44 | 91 | #3,414 |
| 2014 | 45 | 54 | 99 | #3,523 |
| 2013 | 63 | 49 | 112 | #2,747 |
| 2012 | 63 | 49 | 112 | #2,790 |
| 2011 | 38 | 45 | 83 | #3,963 |
| 2010 | 39 | 40 | 79 | #3,933 |
| 2009 | 57 | 55 | 112 | #3,017 |
| 2008 | 51 | 33 | 84 | #3,300 |
| 2007 | 56 | 44 | 100 | #3,110 |
| 2006 | 56 | 63 | 119 | #3,038 |
| 2005 | 60 | 62 | 122 | #2,777 |
| 2004 | 38 | 55 | 93 | #3,790 |
| 2003 | 44 | 52 | 96 | #3,323 |
| 2002 | 48 | 47 | 95 | #3,048 |
| 2001 | 49 | 45 | 94 | #2,946 |
| 2000 | 62 | 38 | 100 | #2,470 |
| 1999 | 63 | 49 | 112 | #2,361 |
| 1998 | 61 | 55 | 116 | #2,330 |
| 1997 | 80 | 68 | 148 | #1,861 |
| 1996 | 65 | 60 | 125 | #2,122 |
| 1995 | 63 | 45 | 108 | #2,150 |
| 1994 | 47 | 36 | 83 | #2,654 |
| 1993 | 30 | 38 | 68 | #3,660 |
| 1992 | 21 | 25 | 46 | #4,812 |
| 1991 | 30 | 20 | 50 | #3,618 |
| 1990 | 13 | 8 | 21 | #6,763 |
| 1989 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #10,402 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,272 |
| 1987 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #12,491 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,281 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,980 |
| 1978 | — | 6 | 6 | — |