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Dakota Kind • Sociable • Intellectual
Dakota Kind • Sociable • Intellectual
Kind • Sociable • Intellectual
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Actress Dakota Fanning Increased Its Popularity. Also The Name Of Rosie O'Donnell's Daughter.
Dakota Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
70.79%
Male
29.21%
Female
Dakota is predominantly a boys name, with 29.21% of Dakotas being girls, and 70.79% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 87580 males named Dakota, and 36134 females given the name
Popularity of Dakota by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Dakota in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Blank States = Few to None
Dakota: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2025
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Dakota' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the boys name Dakota in the USA from 1880-2025. 1 being the highest and most popular, 40337 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 40337 unique total names have been given to boys living in the United States so far. Dakota's average ranking is 8069.68, with it's highest ever rank being #103. Dakota has reach the top 10 most popular boys name 0 times, and has reached the top hundred names 11 times.
Dakota has been used in the United States ever since 1915, with over 123714 boys given the name in the past 200 years. Dakota gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1994, when it's usage went up by 127.1%. During this year, 5533 babies were named Dakota, which was 0.1502% of the baby boys born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.181%, in this year alone more than 7000 boys were named Dakota.
Popular 'D' Names for Boys
| Name | 'D-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel | 1. | 19. | 12839 | 0.355% |
| David | 2. | 26. | 11028 | 0.305% |
| Dylan | 3. | 43. | 9657 | 0.267% |
| Dominic | 4. | 107. | 5394 | 0.149% |
| Declan | 5. | 187. | 3596 | 0.099% |
| Damian | 6. | 209. | 3328 | 0.092% |
| Diego | 7. | 220. | 3186 | 0.088% |
| Dean | 8. | 363. | 1953 | 0.054% |
| Dawson | 9. | 399. | 1778 | 0.049% |
| Derek | 10. | 416. | 1702 | 0.047% |
| Damien | 11. | 522. | 1292 | 0.036% |
| Dallas | 12. | 554. | 1218 | 0.034% |
| Devin | 13. | 569. | 1164 | 0.032% |
| Donovan | 14. | 579. | 1148 | 0.032% |
| Dalton | 15. | 640. | 1038 | 0.029% |
| Dominick | 16. | 648. | 1024 | 0.028% |
| Dante | 17. | 664. | 1004 | 0.028% |
| Daxton | 18. | 713. | 917 | 0.025% |
| Desmond | 19. | 729. | 891 | 0.025% |
| Dakota | 20. | 755. | 861 | 0.024% |