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Name Dakota

Meaning:

friend

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About the name Dakota in particular

Gender:	female
Languages of use:	English
Topics:	Male and female
US 2011 rank:	#296 ... 295:Macy, 296:Abby, 297:Dakota, 298:Mariana, 299:Gia ... Full US 2011 list
Similarly written:	Dakota, Dakotah, Dakila, Damita, Danuta, Jakoba, Makoto, Makoto Details

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About Dakota/Dakota, the group of names with the same origin as Dakota

Meaning/translation:	friend
Language of origin:	Dakota
Info about origin, male:	use of the name of the Native American people Dakota as a given name
	only quite recently used as a given name
	mostly used as a male name, less frequently as a female name
Words:	dakota = the friend, the ally Dakota
Topics:	Everyday word
Variants' top ranks:	56:Dakota USA 1995, 190:Dakota USA 2006, 860:Dakotah USA 1990-1999
Name variants:	Dakota, Dakota, Dakotah Sortable list Details

Popularity:

Popularity lists that contain the name Dakota

Series	Rankings
USA decades	1990-1999 337
USA yearly	2011 296, 2010 287, 2009 276, 2008 267, 2007 238, 2006 190, 2005 226, 2004 275, 2003 338, 2002 324, 2001 330, 2000 299, 1999 277, 1998 246, 1997 250, 1996 273, 1995 252, 1994 306