Masculine dossier · first seen 1966

Dakota

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Dakota
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1995

Peak rank proxy

6,575

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Millennial

1966Peak 19952024

Peak year

1995

Decline from peak

84%

2024

1,053

All-time

92,020

Dakota has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1995, when 6,575 boys were named Dakota.

In 2024, only 1,053 boys were given the name.

Down 84% from its peak.

All told, about 92,020 Americans have been named Dakota and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1966.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationMillennial

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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