Dekota
Dekota was the 7303rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 1995, when it ranked 1740th with 51 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 5,216 places. More babies were named Dekota in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,303 boys, down 1,531 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 11boys
- Girls and boys
- 41% girls, 59% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199551 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,194babies recorded
Dekota popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #7,303 | — | 11 |
| 2020 | #9,738 | #5,772 | 10 | 15 |
| 2010 | #17,693 | #6,437 | 5 | 13 |
| 2000 | #9,338 | #2,229 | 10 | 44 |
| 1990 | — | #5,080 | — | 10 |
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| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Dekota, counting every spelling?
Dekota has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Dekota?
11 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Dekota (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Dekota born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 750 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Dekota.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Dekota?
About 800 people born in the US named Dekota are alive today, with a median age of 26; half are between 17 and 31. That makes Dekota mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Dekota
How popular is the name Dekota?
Dekota was the 7303rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 1995, when it ranked 1740th with 51 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 5,216 places. More babies were named Dekota in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Dekota a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 41% girls, 59% boys given the name Dekota in the US.