Lakota
Lakota was the 3681st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 41 babies. Its best year was 1997, when it ranked 1860th with 80 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 267 places. More babies were named Lakota in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,681 girls, down 314 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 41girls
- Girls and boys
- 50% girls, 50% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199780 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,245babies recorded
Lakota popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,681 | #3,908 | 41 | 28 |
| 2020 | #3,367 | #3,104 | 46 | 37 |
| 2010 | #3,923 | #2,942 | 39 | 40 |
| 2000 | #2,474 | #2,509 | 62 | 38 |
| 1990 | #6,682 | #6,169 | 13 | 8 |
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How popular is Lakota, counting every spelling?
Lakota has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Lakota?
41 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Lakota (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Lakota 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 204 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Lakota.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Lakota?
About 1,700 people born in the US named Lakota are alive today, with a median age of 20; half are between 12 and 28. That makes Lakota 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.
Lakota by state
How common Lakota was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Lakota
How popular is the name Lakota?
Lakota was the 3681st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 41 babies. Its best year was 1997, when it ranked 1860th with 80 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 267 places. More babies were named Lakota in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Lakota a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 50% girls, 50% boys given the name Lakota in the US.
Where is Lakota most popular?
In 2021–2025, Lakota was most common in Oklahoma (0.18 per 1,000 girls), followed by Missouri and Texas.