Nakota — #11363 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Nakota

The Social Security Administration has registered 235 babies named Nakota between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nakota currently holds the #11363 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Nakota is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 143 additional births since 1991.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nakota performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 73 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nakota shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nakota 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 235 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.