Meaning
We don’t have a verified meaning for Dakota.
We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.
Its story
Popularity since 1966
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See the 57 recorded years as a table
| Year | Per million |
|---|---|
| 1966 | 3 |
| 1968 | 3 |
| 1970 | 5 |
| 1972 | 8 |
| 1973 | 6 |
| 1974 | 5 |
| 1975 | 9 |
| 1976 | 10 |
| 1977 | 13 |
| 1978 | 33 |
| 1979 | 20 |
| 1980 | 22 |
| 1981 | 16 |
| 1982 | 23 |
| 1983 | 27 |
| 1984 | 33 |
| 1985 | 59 |
| 1986 | 174 |
| 1987 | 230 |
| 1988 | 289 |
| 1989 | 412 |
| 1990 | 755 |
| 1991 | 1,356 |
| 1992 | 1,809 |
| 1993 | 2,249 |
| 1994 | 2,865 |
| 1995 | 3,454 |
| 1996 | 3,203 |
| 1997 | 3,005 |
| 1998 | 2,826 |
| 1999 | 2,652 |
| 2000 | 2,318 |
| 2001 | 2,049 |
| 2002 | 1,796 |
| 2003 | 1,600 |
| 2004 | 1,470 |
| 2005 | 1,363 |
| 2006 | 1,152 |
| 2007 | 945 |
| 2008 | 806 |
| 2009 | 699 |
| 2010 | 595 |
| 2011 | 543 |
| 2012 | 507 |
| 2013 | 478 |
| 2014 | 465 |
| 2015 | 492 |
| 2016 | 461 |
| 2017 | 540 |
| 2018 | 520 |
| 2019 | 542 |
| 2020 | 533 |
| 2021 | 548 |
| 2022 | 541 |
| 2023 | 595 |
| 2024 | 615 |
| 2025 | 629 |
Where it’s loved
Most popular in these states
Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.
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- Oklahoma 2.7×
- Mississippi 2.7×
- Kentucky 2.7×
- South Carolina 2.3×
- West Virginia 2.3×
More like it
More like Dakota
The numbers
Every figure
- Births in 2025
- 1,074
- Rank in 2025
- #319
- How rare
- 1 in 1,590 boys
- Since 1966
- 93,118
Most popular in 1995, at 3,454 per million boys born.
Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 28% per million boys born.
| State | Times the national rate | Births pooled |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 2.7× | 88 |
| Mississippi | 2.7× | 55 |
| Kentucky | 2.7× | 99 |
| South Carolina | 2.3× | 90 |
| West Virginia | 2.3× | 27 |
Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.