Takoda
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ta-KOH-da
- Origin
- Native American
- US rank, 2025
- #2,832 for boys
Takoda is a boys' name of Native American origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,832nd for boys in the US (44 babies).
Where does Takoda come from?
Native American: said to be Sioux, related to Dakota
Is Takoda a girl's or a boy's name?
Takoda is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Takoda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,832nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 44 about 1 in 39,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 44 boys in the US were named Takoda, making it the 2,832nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,758th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 104 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
2025 had fewer boys named Takoda than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Takoda in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Takoda in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #2,832 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,444 |
| 2023 | 45 | #2,804 |
| 2022 | 75 | #2,021 |
| 2021 | 46 | #2,731 |
| 2020 | 44 | #2,758 |
| 2019 | 60 | #2,291 |
| 2018 | 61 | #2,229 |
| 2017 | 58 | #2,269 |
| 2016 | 41 | #2,884 |
| 2015 | 51 | #2,456 |
| 2014 | 43 | #2,752 |
| 2013 | 42 | #2,761 |
| 2012 | 55 | #2,325 |
| 2011 | 55 | #2,316 |
| 2010 | 55 | #2,323 |
| 2009 | 69 | #2,009 |
| 2008 | 77 | #1,874 |
| 2007 | 64 | #2,117 |
| 2006 | 59 | #2,175 |
| 2005 | 61 | #2,031 |
| 2004 | 50 | #2,279 |
| 2003 | 59 | #1,958 |
| 2002 | 41 | #2,424 |
| 2001 | 62 | #1,796 |
| 2000 | 69 | #1,662 |
| 1999 | 82 | #1,418 |
| 1998 | 104 | #1,186 |
| 1997 | 92 | #1,248 |
| 1996 | 38 | #2,178 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
Names like Takoda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dakota, Tru, Kota, Kairo, Yitzchok, Mikko, Yuri, Loki, Yug, Ryu, Takai, Yakov
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, “Takoda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/takoda, updated 20 October 2026.