Boy name#2,006 of boy names
Dakotah
Pronounced D AE1 K AO1 T AA1 (ARPABET)
- 4 syllables
- Peaked 1994
- 46 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Dakotah?
Dakotah is a boys' name, and first appears in 1979. It has been given to 5,509 children — the 2,006th most common boys' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 293 births across the past decade, against a peak of 221 in a single year. That peak was in 1994.
Dacotah is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Dakotah and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Dacotah
Characteristics
- 4 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- D AE1 K AO1 T AA1 · D AE1 K OW1 T IY1 AA1 · D IY1 EY1 K EY1 AO1 T AA1 · D IY1 EY1 K EY1 OW1 T IY1 AA1
- Stress pattern:
- 111 · 1111 · 11111 · 111111
- Syllables:
- 4
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Dakotah
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Dakotah
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Dakotah?
- Dakotah ranks 2,006th among boys' names in US records, with 5,509 births since 1979. Over the past decade it accounts for 293.
- Is Dakotah a unisex name?
- No. Dakotah is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Dakotah most popular?
- 1994, when 221 children were given the name. It has been in use for 46 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Dakotah spelled?
- Dacotah. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.