Kota
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- KOH-ta
- US rank, 2025
- #1,826 for boys
Kota is a name. In 2025 it ranked 1,826th for boys in the US (87 babies).
What does Kota mean?
Short form of Dakota, or the Japanese name Kōta
Used as a short form of Dakota, and also a common Japanese boy's name, Kōta.
Is Kota a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Kota has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls and 87 boys in the US.
How popular is Kota in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,826among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 87about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 87 boys in the US were named Kota, making it the 1,826th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,436th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 88 boys. It first appears in the records in 1985. 20 girls were also named Kota in 2025 (5,916th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Kota in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 19% of the babies named Kota in the US were girls.
Kota in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 87 | #1,826 |
| 2024 | 74 | #2,042 |
| 2023 | 88 | #1,817 |
| 2022 | 81 | #1,916 |
| 2021 | 65 | #2,172 |
| 2020 | 53 | #2,436 |
| 2019 | 50 | #2,581 |
| 2018 | 50 | #2,545 |
| 2017 | 43 | #2,797 |
| 2016 | 44 | #2,725 |
| 2015 | 36 | #3,148 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 37 | #2,996 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 39 | #2,990 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
Names like Kota
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tru Kairo Yug Loki Yuri Mikko Dakota Yitzchok Kenzo Rumi Ryu Zuko
Names related to Kota
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, “Kota: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kota, updated 20 October 2026.