Given name
Dakotah
“a friend to all”
Dakotah is a variant of Dakota. One Native American interpretation is “a friend to all.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dakotah is a variant of Dakota. One Native American interpretation is “a friend to all.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dakotah is a variant of Dakota. An origin associated with Dakota is Native American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dakotah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,465
- 3,151 boys · 2,314 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 290 babies
- 2025
- 62
- #4,090 for girls · #3,969 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −20%
- Easing
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 35% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 35 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,090 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 6.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 88 in 2010. It also appeared in 27 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,991 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dakotah’s family of names
Dakotah has a related form in Dakota.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Dakotah
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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