Dacota

Boy · recorded 1988–2022

  • 2022last recorded
  • 1997best year

Most popular in 1997.

Last recorded in 2022. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Dacota.

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Its story

Popularity since 1988

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 26 recorded years as a table
Dacota, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19883
19894
19906
199110
199211
19939
199413
199517
199611
199721
199821
199916
200013
200117
200218
20037
200410
20058
20068
20077
20086
20094
20103
20114
20164
20224

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dacota isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2022
7
Rank in 2022
#9,823
How rare
1 in 249,429 boys
Since 1988
491

Dacota was last recorded in 2022. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1997, at 21 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Dacota doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.