Dekota

Dekota was the #7,194 boys' name in the US in 2025 (11 babies).

Dekota as a boy’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Dekota as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020US
Dekota as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
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
YearUSCanada
2025#7,194 (11)—
2024#6,469 (13)—
2023#7,738 (10)—
2022#9,823 (7)—
2021#4,936 (19)—
2020#5,699 (15)—
2019#5,813 (15)—
2018#6,345 (13)—
2017#6,685 (12)—
2016#6,726 (12)—
2015#12,086 (5)—
2014#8,130 (9)—
2013#6,603 (12)—
2012#6,306 (13)—
2011#7,502 (10)—

Dekota as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Dekota as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0318801900192019401960198020002020
Dekota as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.031880192019602000
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 & Wales
2024#11,122 (8)#5,892 (3)
2023#8,486 (12)—
2022#9,056 (11)—
2021#8,978 (11)#5,581 (3)
2020#9,546 (10)—
2019#7,716 (14)—
2018#12,464 (7)—
2017#15,902 (5)#5,765 (3)
2016#6,663 (18)—
2015#8,447 (13)—
2014#10,129 (10)#4,684 (4)
2013#11,969 (8)#5,742 (3)
2012#12,199 (8)—
2011#11,181 (9)#5,785 (3)
2010#16,992 (5)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1995 at #1,736.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1986.
  • In 2024, 38% of US babies named Dekota were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 170,000 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.

Next year

On its recent trend, Dekota is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 180,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 77,000 to 1 in 410,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DekotaCanadaBoys—too few
DekotaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
DekotaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DekotaUSGirls—too few
DekotaUSBoys#7,19411