NameTides

Dakari

Dakari was the #837 boys' name in the US in 2025 (295 babies), and #3,684 in England & Wales.

Dakari as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Dakari as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Dakari as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#837 (295)#3,684 (5)—
2024#795 (316)#5,120 (3)—
2023#770 (334)—#2,921 (5)
2022#786 (322)#4,790 (3)—
2021#774 (322)#3,990 (4)—
2020#665 (396)#2,682 (7)#2,197 (7)
2019#886 (247)——
2018#915 (235)——
2017#1,170 (160)——
2016#1,467 (117)——
2015#1,468 (114)——
2014#1,514 (106)——
2013#1,557 (101)——
2012#1,266 (139)——
2011#1,835 (77)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #665.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1974.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 5,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Dakari is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,200 to 1 in 6,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dakari by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #544ILMichigan: #601MINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #844INOhio: #676OHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,687CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #518MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #798VAMaryland: #364MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #353ARTennessee: #499TNNorth Carolina: #621NCSouth Carolina: #414SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #487LAMississippi: #415MSAlabama: #622ALGeorgia: #482GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,070TXFlorida: #681FL
Dakari (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DakariCanadaBoys—too few
DakariEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
DakariUSGirls#13,2086
DakariUSBoys#837295