Dakotah
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- da-KOH-ta
- Origin
- Native American
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Dakotah is a name of Native American origin, meaning “friends, allies”. In 2025 it ranked 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Dakotah mean?
Native American: 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.
Is Dakotah a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Dakotah has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 35 girls and 27 boys in the US.
How popular is Dakotah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,066th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Dakotah, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,091st. Its busiest year was 2010, with 88 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984. 27 boys were also named Dakotah in 2025 (3,948th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Dakotah in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,070 girls in the US were given Dakotah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #315, up from #4,066 for this spelling alone.
- Dakota 1,035
- Dakotah 35
In 1985, 26% of the babies named Dakotah in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 56%, with more girls than boys since 2010.
Dakotah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,930 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,112 |
| 2022 | 60 | #2,821 |
| 2021 | 65 | #2,638 |
| 2020 | 51 | #3,091 |
| 2019 | 50 | #3,171 |
| 2018 | 55 | #2,961 |
| 2017 | 54 | #3,014 |
| 2016 | 58 | #2,902 |
| 2015 | 73 | #2,471 |
| 2014 | 61 | #2,807 |
| 2013 | 63 | #2,725 |
| 2012 | 65 | #2,708 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,944 |
| 2010 | 88 | #2,202 |
| 2009 | 58 | #2,965 |
| 2008 | 70 | #2,630 |
| 2007 | 83 | #2,311 |
| 2006 | 75 | #2,459 |
| 2005 | 64 | #2,632 |
| 2004 | 66 | #2,523 |
| 2003 | 68 | #2,410 |
| 2002 | 41 | #3,330 |
| 2001 | 53 | #2,762 |
| 2000 | 53 | #2,736 |
| 1999 | 82 | #1,911 |
| 1998 | 83 | #1,842 |
| 1997 | 69 | #2,042 |
| 1996 | 66 | #2,082 |
| 1995 | 84 | #1,726 |
| 1994 | 83 | #1,752 |
| 1993 | 61 | #2,171 |
| 1992 | 65 | #2,073 |
| 1991 | 41 | #2,837 |
| 1990 | 41 | #2,794 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,656 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
Nicknames for Dakotah
- Kota 87 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Dakotah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yuri, Tru, Kiyomi, Yuna, Yumi, Kori, Miyori, Sayuri, Suki, Saori, Mika, Namiko
Other spellings of Dakotah
Names related to Dakotah
More Native American names
Tallulah, Nayeli, Winona, Kenai, Cree, Xochitl, Xitlali, Citlali, Alaska, Talulah, Sequoia, Denali, Tennessee, Dakoda, 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, “Dakotah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dakotah, updated 20 October 2026.