How Many People Are Named Dacota?
people named Dacota are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 513,962 people in the US has this name
Based on 679 babies named Dacota in Social Security records from 1988 to 2022, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
50 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Dacota, 27.9% were girls and 72.1% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 23.3% of the babies were girls then and 28.3% in the 2000s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dacota alive today is about 25 years old, and 74% are under 30. Half of them were between 20 and 30 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dacota first appears in the records in 1988 and was given most often in 1998, to 50 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2022.
Babies given the name each year, 1988 to 2022
🏆 Rank History
Dacota has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,171, in 1997. Among girls, its best rank was #7,237, in 1996.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,171 (1997) | #7,237 (1996) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,844 in the 1990s | #9,684 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dacota alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dacota were born in Indiana than in any other state: about 5 of those alive today.
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