Dakota
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About Dakota
The name Dakota is currently ranked #319 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #56 in 1995. The name is most popular in DAKOTA, DAKOTA, and DAKOTA. Dakota is also used for girls, ranking #296 in 2025 (more popular).
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #358 | 893 | 464.9 |
| 2015 | #356 | 942 | 491.5 |
| 2016 | #376 | 874 | 460.5 |
| 2017 | #340 | 999 | 539.7 |
| 2018 | #351 | 942 | 518.7 |
| 2019 | #344 | 973 | 542.3 |
| 2020 | #348 | 918 | 531.8 |
| 2021 | #343 | 954 | 545.3 |
| 2022 | #349 | 941 | 538.9 |
| 2023 | #328 | 1,014 | 592.8 |
| 2024 | #328 | 1,053 | 611.2 |
| 2025 | #319 | 1,074 | 628.8 |
World rankings
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Famous Dakotas
- 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
