girls:
1.6k births since 1983
#4137 (28th percentile)
boys:
1.5k births since 1978
#3156 (31st percentile)
overall:
3.1k births since 1978
#4867 (37th percentile)
The name Lakota is the #4,867 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,118 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 37.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 37.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,137 (27.6% percentile) for all time with 1,621 births since 1983. For boys, it ranks #3,156 (31.1% percentile) for all time with 1,497 births since 1978.
Lakota first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 (1978 for boys and 1983 for girls). Birth data for Lakota is available in 40 out of the 46 years between 1978 and 2023 (39 years for girls and 37 years for boys). 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 Lakota is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 54.2% of babies named Lakota were boys. Interestingly, until around 1983, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1978 to 1982), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (52.1% girls from 1983 to 2023).
For girls, Lakota reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 8.7% percentile (ranked #788) with 42 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 42 births per million (ranked 8.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Lakota ranks #914 for girls (3.5% percentile) with 22 births per million, which is 51.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Lakota reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 8.0% percentile (ranked #729) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 34 births per million (ranked 8.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Lakota ranks #871 for boys (4.4% percentile) with 25 births per million, which is 72.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lakota".
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