Is Dacota a boy or girl name?

Dacota is a unisex name. Of the 679 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 27.7% were girls and 72.3% were boys.

Dacota

Recorded 1988–2022 · United States

Dacota was most popular in 1998, when 50 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,505 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 679 people named Dacota.

Dacota over time

Births per year. The dot marks Dacota’s peak in 1998. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Dacota a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Dacota is a unisex name — 27.7% of the 679 Americans given it were girls and 72.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 42% girls and 58% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org