Dakota

Girl name

Dakota ranks #1,073 out of 10,880 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 5 licensed cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #94 for dogs.

Share of cats named Dakota, by year

Dakota's slice of each year's named cats. Shares, not raw counts, so a changing licensed population can't fake a trend. Peak year: 2016.

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Year	Share
2019	0.02%
2018	0.027%
2017	0.025%
2016	0.033%
2015	0.029%
2014	0.032%
2013	0.032%
2012	0.031%

Licensed cats in our data

across 2 places

Popularity rank

#1,073

of 10,880 names in our data

5-year rank move

−305

2014 → 2019

Gender lean

94% female

of 17 shelter cats

Gender lean is from named cats in US shelters — most license records don't publish a cat's gender, so shelters are the one place our data can measure it.

Where Dakota shows up

Licensed cats named Dakota per place, against that place's counted total. The basis column says what each number means.

Place	Share	Basis
Toronto ON, CA	0.02%	licensed in 2019
Seattle WA, US	<0.01%	current licenses