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Girl or boy · Dakota (Siouan), through English
Dakota
Say it: duh-KOH-tuh
Meaning
From the name of the Dakota people, from a Dakota word for 'allies, friends'; it is not a traditional personal name.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Adopted as an American given name for boys and girls in the 1980s and 1990s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1990s
In the United States
- 123,641 babies given this name since 1915
- At its height in 1995, about 1 in 289 boys
- 2,063 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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