Dakodah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- da-KOH-da
- Origin
- Native American
Dakodah is a boys' name of Native American origin, meaning “friends, allies”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Dakodah mean?
Native American: spelling of Dakoda, itself a spelling of Dakota, from the name of the Dakota people
“friends, allies”
A spelling of Dakota, the name of a Sioux people and of two US states.
Meaning borrowed from Dakoda.
Is Dakodah a girl's or a boy's name?
Dakodah is a boys' name.
How popular is Dakodah in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 9 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Dakodah in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dakodah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
Nicknames for Dakodah
- Koda 61 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Dakodah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Azaiah, Asaiah, Eziah, Oscar, Delijah, Nisaiah, Abdallah, Asiah, Abdullah, Alijah, Cassian, Jahseh
Names related to Dakodah
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, “Dakodah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dakodah, updated 20 October 2026.