NameTides

Dakota

Dakota was the #319 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,074 babies), and #1,538 in England & Wales and #591 in Canada.

Dakota as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Dakota as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Dakota as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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 & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#319 (1,074)#1,538 (17)—#591 (49)
2024#326 (1,060)#1,952 (12)—#577 (47)
2023#328 (1,017)#1,461 (17)—#756 (33)
2022#347 (945)#1,782 (13)—#695 (37)
2021#339 (958)#1,860 (12)—#695 (39)
2020#346 (920)#1,273 (20)—#847 (28)
2019#344 (973)#3,013 (6)—#744 (33)
2018#349 (944)#2,445 (8)—#697 (36)
2017#340 (1,000)#2,734 (7)—#741 (33)
2016#376 (874)#2,335 (9)—#635 (42)
2015#356 (943)#2,319 (9)—#649 (40)
2014#357 (894)#2,459 (8)—#878 (26)
2013#350 (905)#4,685 (3)—#582 (46)
2012#328 (961)#2,117 (10)—#564 (46)
2011#312 (1,031)#2,039 (10)—#475 (57)

Dakota as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Dakota as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesCanadaIreland
Dakota as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#295 (1,035)#490 (81)#324 (10)#334 (4)#885 (3)#834 (34)
2024#273 (1,160)#400 (108)#351 (9)#337 (4)#556 (6)#917 (30)
2023#262 (1,191)#510 (77)#395 (8)#264 (6)#625 (5)#789 (35)
2022#259 (1,210)#526 (74)#380 (8)#305 (5)#559 (6)#1,017 (25)
2021#270 (1,163)#466 (92)#304 (12)#446 (3)#464 (8)#711 (41)
2020#257 (1,175)#521 (77)#471 (6)#246 (6)#628 (5)#633 (45)
2019#259 (1,269)#402 (104)#560 (5)#336 (4)#457 (8)#623 (49)
2018#246 (1,322)#415 (105)#234 (17)#238 (7)#474 (8)#646 (46)
2017#231 (1,362)#453 (97)#275 (14)#355 (4)#651 (5)#568 (55)
2016#227 (1,417)#419 (106)#675 (4)#211 (9)#585 (6)#607 (50)
2015#242 (1,334)#500 (86)#361 (10)#175 (12)#581 (6)#553 (55)
2014#283 (1,149)#582 (71)#294 (14)#191 (10)#536 (7)#544 (57)
2013#293 (1,089)#551 (75)#413 (8)#199 (10)#894 (3)#609 (48)
2012#307 (1,039)#565 (75)#321 (13)#229 (8)—#512 (59)
2011#294 (1,068)#610 (66)#579 (5)#444 (3)#798 (4)#463 (68)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1995 at #56.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1966.
  • In 2025, 49% of US babies named Dakota were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,600 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Dakota is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,400 to 1 in 1,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dakota by state, 2025Alaska: #165AKMaine: #234MEWisconsin: #393WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #403WAIdaho: #230IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #191NDMinnesota: #477MNIllinois: #325ILMichigan: #259MINew York: #661NYMassachusetts: #438MAOregon: #188ORNevada: #267NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #221SDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #254INOhio: #236OHPennsylvania: #324PANew Jersey: #576NJConnecticut: #326CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #521CAUtah: #327UTColorado: #346CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #230MOKentucky: #180KYWest Virginia: #254WVVirginia: #280VAMaryland: #344MDDelaware: #168DEArizona: #308AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #468KSArkansas: #181ARTennessee: #282TNNorth Carolina: #247NCSouth Carolina: #178SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #133OKLouisiana: #191LAMississippi: #165MSAlabama: #200ALGeorgia: #248GAHawaii: #214HITexas: #345TXFlorida: #373FL
Dakota (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#71916

Dakota (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DakotaCanadaGirls#83434
DakotaCanadaBoys#59149
DakotaEngland & WalesGirls#49081
DakotaEngland & WalesBoys#1,53817
DakotaIrelandGirls#8853
DakotaIrelandBoys—too few
DakotaNorthern IrelandGirls#3344
DakotaNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DakotaScotlandGirls#32410
DakotaUSGirls#2951,035
DakotaUSBoys#3191,074