Is Dakarai a boy or girl name?

Dakarai is a boy’s name. Of the 1,511 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 1.2% were girls and 98.8% were boys.

Dakarai

Recorded 1973–2025 · United States

Dakarai was most popular in 2008, when 65 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,790 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,878, with 30 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,511 people named Dakarai.

Dakarai over time

Births per year. The dot marks Dakarai’s peak in 2008. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Dakarai a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Dakarai is a boy’s name — 1.2% of the 1,511 Americans given it were girls and 98.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Dakarai

Where Dakarai is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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