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Is Dakota a Male or Female Name?

Dakota is a unisex name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Dakota globally is 68.4% males and 31.6% females. The country with the highest male ratio is United States with 79.3% and the country with the highest female ratio is Canada with 34.7%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Dakota in percentages: Globally: 68.4% males, 31.6% females, United States: 79.3% males, 20.7% females, Canada: 65.3% males, 34.7% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Dakota are 18-24 years old, making up 38.5% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Dakota in each age group: 18-24: 38.5%, 25-34: 30.1%, 35-44: 8.0%, 45-54: 9.7%, 55-64: 8.8%, 65+: 4.9%

The country with the largest proportion of people named Dakota is United States with 0.0142% of the population. Followed by Canada.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Dakota measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Dakota year over year: 1956: 0.0006‰, 1957: 0.0005‰, 1958: 0.0005‰, 1959: 0.0007‰, 1960: 0.0005‰, 1961: 0.0006‰, 1962: 0.0012‰, 1963: 0.0007‰, 1964: 0.0008‰, 1965: 0.0008‰, 1966: 0.0003‰, 1967: 0.0009‰, 1968: 0.0005‰, 1969: 0.0007‰, 1970: 0.0009‰, 1971: 0.0007‰, 1972: 0.001‰, 1973: 0.0006‰, 1974: 0.0007‰, 1975: 0.001‰, 1976: 0.0005‰, 1977: 0.0007‰, 1978: 0.0006‰, 1979: 0.0007‰, 1980: 0.0004‰, 1981: 0.0005‰, 1982: 0.0007‰, 1983: 0.0005‰, 1984: 0.0006‰, 1985: 0.0007‰, 1986: 0.0007‰, 1987: 0.0007‰, 1988: 0.0007‰, 1989: 0.0007‰, 1990: 0.001‰, 1991: 0.0015‰, 1992: 0.0025‰, 1993: 0.0028‰, 1994: 0.0041‰, 1995: 0.0047‰, 1996: 0.0035‰, 1997: 0.0042‰, 1998: 0.004‰, 1999: 0.0027‰, 2000: 0.0032‰

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