girls:
341 births since 1959
#5375 (6th percentile)
boys:
821 births since 1986
#3766 (18th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1959
#6578 (15th percentile)
The name Dekota is the #6,578 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,162 recorded births since 1959. This represents the 15.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,766 (17.8% percentile) for all time with 821 births since 1986. For girls, it ranks #5,375 (5.9% percentile) for all time with 341 births since 1959.
Dekota first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1959 (1959 for girls and 1986 for boys). Birth data for Dekota is available in 40 out of the 65 years between 1959 and 2023 (38 years for boys and 35 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Dekota has been given predominantly to boys, with 70.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 45.5% of babies named Dekota were boys. Interestingly, until around 1986, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1959 to 1985), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (71.4% boys from 1986 to 2023).
For boys, Dekota reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 5.8% percentile (ranked #754) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 25 births per million (ranked 5.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Dekota ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 21.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Dekota reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #952) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Dekota ranks #940 for girls (0.7% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 73.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dekota".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Dekota. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 51.3% confident that Dekota is pronounced as dih-KOH-tuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is deh-KOH-tuh, at 28.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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