Dakari Boy
How popular is Dakari?
#837 boy name in 2025
295 baby boys were named Dakari in the US in 2025, making it the 837th most popular boy name. Another 6 girls got the name (#13,204 for girls).
Dakari popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #837 for boys (▼ 42 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 295 boys, 6 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+159% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,468 in 2015, #665 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2020 (396 boys) |
| Highest rank | #665 in 2020 |
| First recorded | 1974 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 96% boys, 4% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Dakari counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Dakari family of names ranked #713 for boys in 2025 (#681 the year before), with 343 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dakari | 295 | 86% |
| Dacari | 30 | 9% |
| Dakarri | 13 | 4% |
| Dacarri | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Dakari is most popular
Babies named Dakari per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- South Carolina: 0.8 per 1,000 (82 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.8 per 1,000 (43 boys)
- Maryland: 0.6 per 1,000 (74 boys)
- Louisiana: 0.4 per 1,000 (45 boys)
- Alabama: 0.4 per 1,000 (44 boys)
Dakari by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 24 | #4,155 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1990s | 233 | #2,123 |
| 2000s | 696 | #1,626 |
| 2010s | 1,383 | #886 |
| 2020s | 1,985 | #665 |
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Questions
- Is Dakari a boy or girl name?
- Dakari is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 96% of babies named Dakari were boys.
- How popular is the name Dakari?
- 295 baby boys were named Dakari in the US in 2025, making it the 837th most popular boy name. Another 6 girls got the name (#13,204 for girls).
- When was Dakari most popular?
- Dakari peaked in 2020, when 396 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #665 in 2020.
- How many people are named Dakari?
- 4,526 babies have been named Dakari in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,491 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Dakari most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Dakari was most common in South Carolina, at 0.8 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.