Dakotta — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dakotta

The Social Security Administration has registered 56 babies named Dakotta between 1993 and 2010, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dakotta currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Dakotta is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 33 additional births since 2000.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dakotta performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 44 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Dakotta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dakotta 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 56 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.