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Dakota
Recorded 134,576 times in US records since 1915. Peak year: 1995.
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U.S. rank · 2025
1 in 1,572
U.S. · 2025 records
Uncommon
rarity tier
≈132,000
alive today (estimate) ⓘ
→ steady
10-yr trend
How many Dakotas are there?

Alive in the US today estimate

Roughly 132,000 Dakotas are alive in the US today, we estimate. About 1 in 2,600 Americans.

Made from recorded births by year and sex, multiplied by survival to today's age (SSA life table). It can't see immigration, and it's an estimate, not a census: how the living estimate is made.

Popularity over time

Dakota through the years, 1915–2025

1995 · 7,700 7,700 0
19152025
Peak Dakota year: 1995 (ringed), with 7,700 recorded. Current usage: ~53% girls. counts of people issued a Social Security number, not a full count of births.

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Every figure on this page is computed from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national baby-names data (ssa.gov), and the living estimate uses the SSA actuarial life table: how we calculate this. Data through 2025; refreshed Jun 2026; living estimate as of 2026.