Dak
Boy · DAK · Native American
Dak is a boys' name of Native American origin, meaning “friend, ally”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Dak mean?
Native American: short form of Dakota
“friend, ally”
Best known through NFL quarterback Dak Prescott, whose middle name is Dakota.
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- DAK
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Is Dak a girl's or a boy's name?
Dak is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dak in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Dak, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 44 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Dak in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dak in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 29 | #3,713 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 44 | #2,754 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
Names like Dak
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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