Dacota is a rare variant of Dakota that peaked in 1998 and has since faded.
Dacota is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2022. Dacota was first reported in SSA data in 1988 and peaked in 1997 (40 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,034 |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 | #14,546 | — |
| 2016 | 13 | 13 | #16,855 | #9,023 |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | #17,169 | — |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | #17,168 | — |
| 2012 | 5 | 5 | #17,485 | — |
| 2011 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,837 |
| 2010 | 14 | 14 | #12,557 | #11,029 |
| 2009 | 19 | 19 | #10,133 | #9,155 |
| 2008 | 20 | 20 | #14,186 | #6,467 |
| 2007 | 24 | 24 | #11,029 | #5,971 |
| 2006 | 24 | 24 | #13,928 | #5,118 |
| 2005 | 24 | 24 | #12,086 | #5,083 |
| 2004 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,449 |
| 2003 | 28 | 28 | #7,686 | #5,321 |
| 2002 | 34 | 34 | — | #2,768 |
| 2001 | 40 | 40 | #12,349 | #2,818 |
| 2000 | 37 | 37 | #8,150 | #3,326 |
| 1999 | 36 | 36 | #13,052 | #2,808 |
| 1998 | 50 | 50 | #8,730 | #2,240 |
| 1997 | 49 | — | #9,191 | #2,174 |
| 1996 | 32 | — | #7,242 | #3,428 |
| 1995 | 38 | — | #12,111 | #2,406 |
| 1994 | 36 | — | #7,719 | #2,867 |
| 1993 | 22 | — | #13,960 | #3,690 |
| 1992 | 26 | — | #13,761 | #3,128 |
| 1991 | 29 | — | #8,752 | #3,130 |
| 1990 | 17 | — | #13,438 | #4,456 |
| 1989 | 8 | — | — | #5,741 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | — | #7,508 |