Dakotah Boy & girl
How popular is Dakotah?
#4,066 girl name in 2025
35 baby girls were named Dakotah in the US in 2025, making it the 4066th most popular girl name. Another 27 boys got the name (#3,948 for boys).
Dakotah popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #4,066 for girls (▼ 1136 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 35 girls, 27 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-52% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,471 in 2015, #3,091 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2010 (88 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,726 in 1995 |
| First recorded | 1984 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 35% boys, 65% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Dakotah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Dakota family of names ranked #306 for girls in 2025 (#277 the year before), with 1,070 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dakota | 1,035 | 97% |
| Dakotah | 35 | 3% |
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 Dakotah is most popular
Babies named Dakotah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Dakotah by decade
Girl names about as popular as Dakotah
Questions
- Is Dakotah a boy or girl name?
- Dakotah is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 35% of babies named Dakotah were boys and 65% were girls.
- How popular is the name Dakotah?
- 35 baby girls were named Dakotah in the US in 2025, making it the 4066th most popular girl name. Another 27 boys got the name (#3,948 for boys).
- When was Dakotah most popular?
- Dakotah peaked in 2010, when 88 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,726 in 1995.
- How many people are named Dakotah?
- 5,465 babies have been named Dakotah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,370 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
- Where is Dakotah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Dakotah was most common in Minnesota, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls 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.