Name Legacy

Lakota

Recorded 1978–2025 · United States

Lakota was most popular in 1997, when 148 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,097 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,509, with 69 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,245 people named Lakota.

Most popular in1997
Rank that year#2,097
Births that year148
Total since 18803,245
Given to52% girls

Lakota over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Lakota’s peak in 1997. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lakota a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lakota is a unisex name — 52.0% of the 3,245 Americans given it were girls and 48.0% were boys. It changed hands: since 2025 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 51% girls and 49% 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 Lakota

Where Lakota 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