Nakota**
#8,436 most common boys' name of all time · #21,293 across all names · 63% male / 37% female · used 1991–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#8,436
Rank overall
#21,293 of 105,966
First appeared
1991
Years on the list
33 of 146
All-time
385
Since 2016
117
Peak year
2005 #7,427
Best rank
#5,222 1992
Girls
Boys
peak 21/yr
Nakota first appears in 1991. 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 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,164 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #11,460 |
| 2023 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #10,156 |
| 2022 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,217 |
| 2021 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #7,862 |
| 2020 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,834 |
| 2019 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,968 |
| 2018 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 2017 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #5,944 |
| 2015 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #8,389 |
| 2014 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2013 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,157 |
| 2012 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,188 |
| 2011 | 9 | 8 | 17 | #9,183 |
| 2010 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 2009 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,628 |
| 2007 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #11,567 |
| 2005 | 11 | 10 | 21 | #7,427 |
| 2004 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #10,686 |
| 2003 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,798 |
| 2002 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,883 |
| 2001 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,335 |
| 2000 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1999 | 7 | 13 | 20 | #5,263 |
| 1998 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #7,353 |
| 1997 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #8,896 |
| 1996 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #9,983 |
| 1995 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #7,619 |
| 1994 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #7,620 |
| 1993 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #7,497 |
| 1992 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,222 |
| 1991 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #5,918 |