Dacoda
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- duh-KOH-duh
- Origin
- Native American
Dacoda is a name of Native American origin, meaning “friend, ally”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Dacoda mean?
Native American: respelling of Dakota, from Dakota (Sioux) dakhóta
“friend, ally”
A respelling of Dakota, from the Sioux word for friend or ally, which gave its name to North and South Dakota.
Is Dacoda a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Dacoda has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys.
How popular is Dacoda in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 45 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Dacoda in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2007, 47% of the babies named Dacoda in the US were girls.
Dacoda in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 44 | #2,485 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1999 | 40 | #2,260 |
| 1998 | 45 | #2,065 |
| 1997 | 33 | #2,445 |
| 1996 | 32 | #2,436 |
| 1995 | 32 | #2,395 |
| 1994 | 23 | #3,024 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
Nicknames for Dacoda
- Kota 87 boys in the US in 2025
Names related to Dacoda
More Native American names
Dakota Tallulah Nayeli Winona Kenai Cree Xochitl Xitlali Citlali Alaska Talulah Sequoia Denali Tennessee Lakota Wynonna
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dacoda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dacoda, updated 20 October 2026.