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Dakotah

Dakotah: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“friend; ally”
Origin
Native American
Say it
duh-KOH-tuh · 3 syllables
Used for
Both (42% girls, 58% boys since 1880)

Dakotah is a variant spelling of Dakota, from the name of the Dakota people and language. The ethnonym is commonly explained as meaning 'friend' or 'ally'.

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How popular is Dakotah?

202423.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Dakotah in 202477

2024 rank#2,940 girls

Peak year1995

Total US babies since 18805,401

Dakotah has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Dakotah

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Dakotafriend; ally · Native American
  • Dakodafriend, ally · Native American
  • Denalithe high one · Native American

Dakotah questions

What does the name Dakotah mean?

Dakotah means "friend; ally". It comes from Native American. Dakotah is a variant spelling of Dakota, from the name of the Dakota people and language. The ethnonym is commonly explained as meaning 'friend' or 'ally'.

Is Dakotah a boy or girl name?

Dakotah is used for both: about 42% of US babies named Dakotah since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Dakotah?

77 US babies were named Dakotah in 2024. Its peak year was 1995.

How do you pronounce Dakotah?

Dakotah is usually pronounced duh-KOH-tuh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.