Dakarai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- da-KAR-eye
- US rank, 2025
- #3,657 for boys
Dakarai is a boys' name, meaning “happiness”. In 2025 it ranked 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
What does Dakarai mean?
Shona (Zimbabwe)
“happiness”
Is Dakarai a girl's or a boy's name?
Dakarai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dakarai in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 7 boys.
Dakarai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
How popular is Dakarai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,657among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Dakarai, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,545th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 65 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Dakarai in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dakarai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 43 | #2,894 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,342 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 50 | #2,545 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,100 |
| 2018 | 47 | #2,634 |
| 2017 | 47 | #2,636 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2015 | 45 | #2,683 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 53 | #2,363 |
| 2012 | 55 | #2,325 |
| 2011 | 42 | #2,797 |
| 2010 | 63 | #2,117 |
| 2009 | 65 | #2,098 |
| 2008 | 59 | #2,236 |
| 2007 | 49 | #2,533 |
| 2006 | 56 | #2,247 |
| 2005 | 50 | #2,321 |
| 2004 | 48 | #2,340 |
| 2003 | 37 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 39 | #2,500 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,792 |
| 2000 | 38 | #2,471 |
| 1999 | 34 | #2,556 |
| 1998 | 28 | #2,848 |
| 1997 | 37 | #2,257 |
| 1996 | 30 | #2,530 |
| 1995 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
Names like Dakarai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Yusuf Ibrahim Kai Sami Bodhi Abdullah Yahya Mustafa Ayaan Musa Hamza
Names related to Dakarai
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Dakarai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dakarai, updated 20 October 2026.