Dekota
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- deh-KOH-tah
- Origin
- Native American
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Dekota is a girls' name of Native American origin, meaning “friend, ally”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Dekota mean?
Native American: variant of Dakota
“friend, ally”
Dakota is the name of a Sioux people and of the US states North and South Dakota.
Is Dekota a girl's or a boy's name?
Dekota is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dekota in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 6 girls.
Dekota in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 2 | #7,531 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
How popular is Dekota in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Dekota, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 1995, with 51 boys. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the boys named Dekota in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2021, 37% of the babies named Dekota in the US were girls.
Dekota in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 35 | #2,676 |
| 2000 | 44 | #2,218 |
| 1999 | 40 | #2,260 |
| 1998 | 48 | #1,984 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,057 |
| 1996 | 44 | #1,982 |
| 1995 | 51 | #1,731 |
| 1994 | 34 | #2,302 |
| 1993 | 28 | #2,571 |
| 1992 | 30 | #2,407 |
| 1991 | 22 | #2,909 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
Names like Dekota
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dakota, Yumna, Sienna, Minha, Yuna, Kiara, Amara, Amira, Yusra, Mika, Remi, Syeda
Names related to Dekota
More Native American names
Tallulah, Nayeli, Winona, Kenai, Cree, Xochitl, Xitlali, Citlali, Alaska, Talulah, Sequoia, Denali, Tennessee, Dakoda, Lakota, Wynonna
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, “Dekota: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dekota, updated 20 October 2026.