Dekota is a rare name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 1998 and has grown less common since.
Dekota is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #7,303 for boy births in the United States (and #15,331 across all names), given to 11 babies. Dekota first appears in 1959 and peaked in 1995 (51 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,303 |
| 2024 | 21 | 21 | #11,363 | #6,545 |
| 2023 | 22 | 22 | #8,612 | #7,855 |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | #9,204 | #10,056 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | #9,118 | #4,972 |
| 2020 | 25 | 25 | #9,738 | #5,772 |
| 2019 | 29 | 29 | #7,845 | #5,886 |
| 2018 | 20 | 20 | #12,818 | #6,429 |
| 2017 | 17 | 17 | #16,498 | #6,783 |
| 2016 | 30 | 30 | #6,725 | #6,819 |
| 2015 | 18 | 18 | #8,577 | #12,519 |
| 2014 | 19 | 19 | #10,340 | #8,291 |
| 2013 | 20 | 20 | #12,290 | #6,713 |
| 2012 | 21 | 21 | #12,516 | #6,404 |
| 2011 | 19 | 19 | #11,434 | #7,633 |
| 2010 | 18 | 18 | #17,693 | #6,437 |
| 2009 | 30 | 30 | #11,716 | #4,620 |
| 2008 | 22 | 22 | #11,848 | #6,489 |
| 2007 | 38 | 38 | #9,150 | #4,037 |
| 2006 | 40 | 40 | #6,656 | #4,391 |
| 2005 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,510 |
| 2004 | 35 | 35 | #9,419 | #3,761 |
| 2003 | 37 | 37 | #11,585 | #3,212 |
| 2002 | 38 | 38 | #9,012 | #3,282 |
| 2001 | 52 | 52 | #6,399 | #2,699 |
| 2000 | 54 | 54 | #9,338 | #2,229 |
| 1999 | 54 | 54 | #6,920 | #2,272 |
| 1998 | 59 | 59 | #8,140 | #1,994 |
| 1997 | 48 | — | #14,311 | #2,070 |
| 1996 | 53 | — | #8,991 | #1,995 |
| 1995 | 57 | — | #12,161 | #1,740 |
| 1994 | 39 | — | #13,993 | #2,316 |
| 1993 | 38 | — | #8,219 | #2,595 |
| 1992 | 38 | — | #9,699 | #2,421 |
| 1991 | 30 | — | #9,562 | #2,927 |
| 1990 | 10 | — | — | #5,080 |
| 1989 | 8 | — | — | #5,763 |
| 1988 | 14 | — | — | #3,563 |
| 1987 | 13 | — | — | #3,578 |
| 1986 | 18 | — | #11,367 | #3,486 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | #8,563 | — |
| 1959 | 5 | — | #6,480 | — |