Dacoda
Masculine · “from Dakota”
Dacoda is given to both — 544 boys and 117 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Dacoda is Dakota written with a c and a d, a name taken from a people and two states. It is given mostly to boys and to a real minority of girls.
How old is the name Dacoda?
Dacoda first appears in US birth records in 1990 — 35 years ago. The typical Dacoda alive today was born around 1999, making them about 26 years old. About 500 people named Dacoda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Dacoda most popular?
Dacoda peaked in 1998, reaching #2068 nationally. See the whole 1998 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Dakota to Dacoda
The story of Dacoda
Dakota is the name of one of the Sioux peoples, and it became the name of two American states. As a given name it rose in America for boys and girls alike, and families spelled it many ways. Dacoda uses a c for the k and a d for the t, which makes the name look softer on the page; the record does not say why.
Meaningscholars disagree
from Dakota, the name of a Sioux people
Dakota is the name of a Sioux people, usually explained as allies or friends. Dacoda is a spelling of it, and nothing more is recorded.
How the name formed
- Dakota
- Dacoda
Related forms: Dakota
Pronouncing Dacoda
duh-KOH-duh
Stress on the middle syllable.
Nicknames for Dacoda
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1990
- Most boys named
- 199845 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2068reached in 1998
- Change vs 2018
- −16.7%5 in 2020, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Dacoda in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Dakota in English — spelling variant
Dacodas among us
people named Dacoda are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Dacoda sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It sounds familiar and strong.
- Cody and Koda give two short forms.
- People will write Dakota.
- Some people feel uneasy about using a Native nation's name as a given name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Dacodas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Dacoda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Dacoda in 2025?
- Dacoda is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Dacoda with classmates?
- Dacoda will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More D names
The most-given names starting with D, all years combined.
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