Given name
Takota
“friend to everyone”·“one who is a friend to everyone”
Takota is a variant of Takoda. Interpretations include “friend to everyone” (Native American) and “one who is a friend to everyone” (Native American). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Takota is a variant of Takoda. Interpretations include “friend to everyone” (Native American) and “one who is a friend to everyone” (Native American). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Takota is a variant of Takoda. An origin associated with Takoda is Native American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Takota through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 443
- 410 boys · 33 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,666 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −22%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,666 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 29 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 388 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
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Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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