girls:
861 births since 1991
#4855 (15th percentile)
boys:
3.2k births since 1986
#2204 (52nd percentile)
overall:
4.1k births since 1986
#4300 (44th percentile)
The name Dakoda is the #4,300 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,068 recorded births since 1986. This represents the 44.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 44.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,204 (51.9% percentile) for all time with 3,207 births since 1986. For girls, it ranks #4,855 (15.0% percentile) for all time with 861 births since 1991.
Dakoda first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1986 (1986 for boys and 1991 for girls).
The name Dakoda has been given predominantly to boys, with 78.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 68.5% of babies named Dakoda were boys.
For boys, Dakoda reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 17.5% percentile (ranked #699) with 72 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 72 births per million (ranked 17.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Dakoda ranks #829 for boys (9.0% percentile) with 48 births per million, which is 65.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Dakoda reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 5.7% percentile (ranked #911) with 29 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 29 births per million (ranked 5.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Dakoda ranks #912 for girls (3.7% percentile) with 23 births per million, which is 79.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dakoda".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Dakoda is pronounced as duh-KOH-duh, which has 3 syllables.
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