Jakota
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- juh-KOH-tuh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Jakota is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Jakota mean?
Modern: blend of Jake and Dakota
A modern blend of Jake, short for Jacob, with Dakota.
Is Jakota a girl's or a boy's name?
Jakota is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jakota in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Jakota, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2003, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Jakota than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Jakota in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jakota in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
Nicknames for Jakota
- Jake 251 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Jakota
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dakota, Kota, Tru, Kairo, Zuko, Yug, Mikko, Loki, Yitzchok, Takai, Yuri, Takari
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Jakota: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jakota, updated 20 October 2026.