Dakota

Boy · recorded 1966–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.0 to 1)

  • #319in 2025
  • 1 in 1,590boys in 2025
  • +28%last ten years
  • 2.7×in Oklahoma

Most popular in 1995, and up 28% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1966

01,7273,45419661981199620102025

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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 57 recorded years as a table
Dakota, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19663
19683
19705
19728
19736
19745
19759
197610
197713
197833
197920
198022
198116
198223
198327
198433
198559
1986174
1987230
1988289
1989412
1990755
19911,356
19921,809
19932,249
19942,865
19953,454
19963,203
19973,005
19982,826
19992,652
20002,318
20012,049
20021,796
20031,600
20041,470
20051,363
20061,152
2007945
2008806
2009699
2010595
2011543
2012507
2013478
2014465
2015492
2016461
2017540
2018520
2019542
2020533
2021548
2022541
2023595
2024615
2025629

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Oklahoma 2.7×
  2. Mississippi 2.7×
  3. Kentucky 2.7×
  4. South Carolina 2.3×
  5. 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.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Oklahoma2.7×88
Mississippi2.7×55
Kentucky2.7×99
South Carolina2.3×90
West Virginia2.3×27

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