Girls' name · since 1975
Dakita
Since 1975, U.S. Social Security records show 24 babies named Dakita, peaking in 1987. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #43,527 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
24 girls have been named Dakita since 1975, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Dakita has 24 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1988.
- #43,527 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 24 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dakita ranks #43,527 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #43,527 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Dakita's 24 recorded births place it above 39.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dakita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dakita's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 71% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 29%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 7 births recorded -- set against the 1987 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dakita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1988
- Peak year (1987)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Dakita by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (17 births, 71% of the file).
1980s was Dakita's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Dakita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 17 births (71% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dakita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~13 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dakita draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.