Dakari — #793 US boys' name
4,031 babies named Dakari in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 94% of names given to boys today.
42% of everyone ever named Dakari was born in this single decade.
396 babies were named Dakari in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dakari
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,031 babies named Dakari between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dakari currently holds the #793 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 396 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dakari performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 1,690 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dakari shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 261 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Dakari in 32 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dakari in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,031 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dakari at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Dakari popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1974
- Peak year (2020)
- 396
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
Currently ranks #793 among boys.
4,031 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 396 births in a single year.
Dakari popularity over time — girls
194 total births recorded since 1995 (Dakari as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Dakari accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dakari by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 1,690 births that decade — 42% of Dakari's all-time total
Dakari decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,690 births
- Runner-up 1,383 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Dakari's strongest decade
1,690 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Dakari by state
Where Dakari concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 261 | 6.5% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 217 | 5.4% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 215 | 5.3% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 198 | 4.9% |
| #5 | Texas | | 192 | 4.8% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 168 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 167 | 4.1% |
| #8 | Maryland | | 157 | 3.9% |
261 of 4,031 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 6.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.4% of nationwide
- Georgia 5.3% of nationwide
- Michigan 4.9% of nationwide
- Texas 4.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 32 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 6.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Dakari appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1974–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.