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Dakota

Boy's name · #319 in the US (2025) · 90s wave

47% boys · 53% girls — Dakota is split almost evenly between girls and boys among recent newborns. Dakota →

Popularity over time

Dakota reached #56 in 1995 and has faded to #319 since. About 93,000 boys have carried it since 1966.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 45 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,552 in England & Wales (2025) · #599 in Canada (2024).

Famous Dakotas

• Dakota Goyo — Canadian actor
• Dakota Mathias — American basketball player
• Dakota Meyer — United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
• Dakota Lucas — New Zealand footballer
• Dakota Collins — American soccer player (born 1991)

What Dakotas become

Among 108 notable people named Dakota:

Entertainers appear 2.51× more often than among typical names — e.g. Dakota Goyo, Canadian actor.

Similar names: Dakoda · Tanner · Dalton · Javon · Dashawn · Dandre

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