Dakota

Place-name; Sioux
"friendly one"

Dakota Origin and Meaning

The name Dakota is a boy's name of Native American origin meaning "friendly one".

An early and still one of the most popular unisex names, also a place name and name of a Native American people in the northern Mississippi valley, which makes it a controversial baby name choice. While the popularity of Dakota is trending downward for both genders, it's one of those rare genuinely gender-neutral names that is used for nearly equal numbers of boys and girls.

# 329 in the US

Dakota Rank in US Top 1000

# 898 on Nameberry

Dakota Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Dakota

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Famous People Named Dakota

  • Dakota Avery Goyo
    Canadian Actor
  • Dakota Bradley
    American country music singer
  • Dakota Servold
    American skateboarder
  • Dakota Cochrane
    American mixed martial artist
  • Dakota Ryan Hudson
    American baseball player
  • Rayne Dakota "Dak" Prescott
    American football player
  • Dakota Lohan
    brother of actress Lindsay Lohan
  • Dakota Starblanket "Cody" Wolfchild
    son of singer Buffy Sainte,Marie and Sheldon Wolfchild
  • Dakota Castillo
    Smith, son of NFL player Tody Smith
  • Dakota Lee Martinez
    son of actor A Martinez
  • Dakota Paul Brinkman
    son of actress Melissa Gilbert
  • Dakota Chapman
    son of bounty hunter/TV personality Leland Chapman
  • Dakota Jefferson Holiday Alphin (b. 2010)
    son of singer Big Kenny
  • William Dakota Edwards
    son of model/actress Angela Lindvall and William Edwards
  • Dakota Song Culkin
    son of actor Macaulay Culkin and actress Brenda Song
  • Dakota Ulissa Culkin
    sister of actor Macaulay Culkin

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