Lakoda
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- luh-KOH-duh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Lakoda is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
Where does Lakoda come from?
Modern: La- prefix with the ending of Dakota
Is Lakoda a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Lakoda has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 12 boys in the US.
How popular is Lakoda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 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, 12 boys in the US were named Lakoda, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994. 5 girls were also named Lakoda in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
2025 had more boys named Lakoda than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Lakoda in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lakoda in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
Names like Lakoda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Koa, Koda, Makoa, Luca, Kaleo, Eziah, Nakoa, Makai, Jasiah, Kainoa, Keanu, Jakai
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, “Lakoda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lakoda, updated 20 October 2026.