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Boy's name · #319 in the US (2025) · 90s wave
47% boys · 53% girls — Dakota is split almost evenly between girls and boys among recent newborns. Dakota →
Dakota reached #56 in 1995 and has faded to #319 since. About 93,000 boys have carried it since 1966.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 45 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#591 in Canada (2025) · #1,538 in England & Wales (2025) · #8,918 in Italy (2024) · #425 in New Zealand (2023) · #2,113 in Austria (2023) · #3,900 in France (2023) · #4,220 in Ecuador (2021) · #1,784 in Sweden (2020) · #518 in Ireland (2005).
Among 108 notable people named Dakota:
Entertainers appear 2.51× more often than among typical names — e.g. Dakota Goyo, Canadian actor (born 1999).
Similar names: Dakoda · Javon · Dalton · Deonte · Dashawn · Dandre
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