Dakarai is a rare boys' name that peaked in 2008 and has grown less common since.
Dakarai is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,680 for boy births in the United States (and #7,930 across all names), given to 30 babies. Dakarai first appears in 1973 and peaked in 2009 (65 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,680 |
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,715 |
| 2023 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,905 |
| 2022 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,351 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,514 |
| 2020 | 50 | 50 | — | #2,558 |
| 2019 | 38 | 38 | — | #3,111 |
| 2018 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,640 |
| 2017 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,643 |
| 2016 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,174 |
| 2015 | 45 | 45 | — | #2,692 |
| 2014 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,550 |
| 2013 | 53 | 53 | — | #2,369 |
| 2012 | 55 | 55 | — | #2,335 |
| 2011 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,808 |
| 2010 | 63 | 63 | — | #2,124 |
| 2009 | 65 | 65 | — | #2,104 |
| 2008 | 65 | 65 | #15,856 | #2,243 |
| 2007 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,539 |
| 2006 | 56 | 56 | — | #2,253 |
| 2005 | 50 | 50 | — | #2,334 |
| 2004 | 54 | 54 | #14,579 | #2,352 |
| 2003 | 37 | 37 | — | #2,683 |
| 2002 | 39 | 39 | — | #2,515 |
| 2001 | 39 | 39 | #13,927 | #2,819 |
| 2000 | 38 | 38 | — | #2,485 |
| 1999 | 34 | 34 | — | #2,570 |
| 1998 | 28 | 28 | — | #2,871 |
| 1997 | 37 | — | — | #2,267 |
| 1996 | 30 | — | — | #2,548 |
| 1995 | 26 | — | — | #2,781 |
| 1994 | 27 | — | — | #2,702 |
| 1993 | 19 | — | — | #3,392 |
| 1992 | 15 | — | — | #3,955 |
| 1991 | 10 | — | — | #5,168 |
| 1990 | 9 | — | — | #5,466 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | — | #7,156 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | — | #6,941 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | — | #5,720 |
| 1983 | 8 | — | — | #4,591 |
| 1982 | 11 | — | — | #3,745 |
| 1981 | 8 | — | — | #4,597 |
| 1980 | 8 | — | — | #4,583 |
| 1979 | 10 | — | — | #3,862 |
| 1978 | 14 | — | — | #2,956 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | — | #5,258 |
| 1976 | 13 | — | — | #2,976 |
| 1975 | 8 | — | — | #4,022 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | — | #5,246 |