Is Dekota a boy or girl name?

Dekota is a unisex name. Of the 1,194 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 29.2% were girls and 70.8% were boys. It changed hands in 2019, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Dekota

Recorded 1959–2025 · United States

Dekota was most popular in 1998, when 59 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,010 that year. In 2025 it ranked #15,103, with 11 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,194 people named Dekota.

Dekota over time

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

Is Dekota a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Dekota is a unisex name — 29.2% of the 1,194 Americans given it were girls and 70.8% were boys. It changed hands: since 2019 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 43% girls and 57% 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