Dakarai comes from the African tradition, meaning Exult.
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How popular is Dakarai?
2009peak year
Today, Dakarai is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #3028), with only about 40 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2009, 65 babies were given the name (ranked #2103 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2000s. Dakarai's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 1,480 babies have been registered as Dakarai since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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