Nakota is a rare name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 2005 and has grown less common since.
Nakota is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #11,583 for boy births in the United States (and #23,913 across all names), given to 6 babies. Nakota was first reported in SSA data in 1991 and peaked in 2016 (15 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,583 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | #14,750 | #11,913 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | #14,643 | #10,464 |
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,523 |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | #11,871 | #7,978 |
| 2020 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,906 |
| 2019 | 12 | 12 | — | #7,049 |
| 2018 | 7 | 7 | #13,406 | — |
| 2017 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,965 |
| 2016 | 20 | 20 | #18,065 | #5,968 |
| 2015 | 18 | 18 | #11,575 | #8,507 |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | #18,430 | — |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,394 |
| 2012 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,427 |
| 2011 | 17 | 17 | #11,882 | #9,349 |
| 2010 | 9 | 9 | #11,974 | — |
| 2009 | 6 | 6 | — | #12,013 |
| 2007 | 15 | 15 | #12,363 | #11,907 |
| 2005 | 21 | 21 | #9,934 | #7,491 |
| 2004 | 13 | 13 | #13,769 | #10,912 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,161 |
| 2002 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,892 |
| 2001 | 9 | 9 | — | #7,331 |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | #16,788 | — |
| 1999 | 20 | 20 | #12,270 | #5,237 |
| 1998 | 13 | 13 | #15,832 | #7,326 |
| 1997 | 11 | — | #15,371 | #8,930 |
| 1996 | 12 | — | #11,413 | #10,053 |
| 1995 | 14 | — | #11,364 | #7,550 |
| 1994 | 13 | — | #12,913 | #7,509 |
| 1993 | 13 | — | #12,913 | #7,371 |
| 1992 | 11 | — | — | #5,143 |
| 1991 | 14 | — | #14,666 | #5,799 |