How Many People Are Named Lakota?
An estimated 3,125 people in the United States have the first name Lakota. It is used for both genders, with 51.9% female. The average bearer is 20 years old, and Lakota peaked in popularity in 1997 with 148 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Lakota as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Lakota paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Lakota is a genuinely unisex name, given to both boys and girls in roughly equal numbers.
Estimated Living Americans
3,125
About 1 in 109,681 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
51.9% confidence
Average Age
20
years old
Peak Year
1997
148 births
Total Registered
3,174
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Lakota
Lakota is a genuinely unisex name, used for both males (48.1%) and females (51.9%). Out of 3,174 total births registered, 1,528 were male and 1,646 were female.
Lakota as a male name
Ranked #3,642 in 2024
31 male births in 2024
Peak: 1997 (68 births)
Lakota as a female name
Ranked #5,212 in 2024
25 female births in 2024
Peak: 1997 (80 births)
Lakota: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Lakota span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 1,015 babies were registered. While Lakota is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Lakota by Decade
How has Lakota tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Lakota by State
Birth registrations for Lakota span all 14 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Oklahoma, North Carolina, Texas. The lowest are in Kentucky, Illinois, Iowa. On average, about 19 Lakotas were registered per state.
Lakota + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Lakota as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Lakota
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
Lakota: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Lakota?
We estimate approximately 3,125 people named Lakota are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 109,681 Americans share this first name.
Is Lakota a common name?
Lakota is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 95.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 3,174 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Lakota most popular?
Lakota reached peak popularity in 1997, when 148 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Lakota is approximately 20 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Lakota a female name?
Lakota is predominantly female. 51.9% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Lakota Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Lakota Smith, Lakota Johnson, Lakota Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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