Recorded 2020–2022 Unisex name Peak 2020 12 births

Dkota — unisex name

12 babies named Dkota in U.S. Social Security records since 2020, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2020s12
2020s
Peak decade

100% of everyone ever named Dkota was born in this single decade.

2020
Single peak year

6 babies were named Dkota in 2020 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Dkota

The Social Security Administration has registered 12 babies named Dkota between 2020 and 2022, spanning 3 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dkota currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Dkota is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 2003.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dkota performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dkota 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 12 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.

Dkota at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

12

Since 2020

3 years of records

Peak year

2020

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2020s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

2020

Recorded for 3 years

Last year on file: 2022

Dkota popularity over time — girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2020

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2020)
6
Annual births at peak — across 3 years of records
6 20222020 6

Dkota popularity over time — boys

10 total births recorded since 2003 (Dkota as boys' name)

Unisex variant — 10 births
5 20192003 5

Dkota by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2020s
Peak decade
2020s
12 births that decade — 100% of Dkota's all-time total
2020s12

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Dkota?
12 babies have been named Dkota since 2020. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2020 with 6 births.
When was Dkota most popular?
Dkota was most popular in the 2020s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 2020.
Is Dkota a unisex name?
Yes, Dkota is used for both boys and girls. As a girl's name it has 12 births, and as a boy's name it has 10 births.
How long has the name Dkota been used?
Dkota has been recorded in Social Security data since 2020, spanning 3 years of data through 2022.

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, 2020–2022 (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.