Dakotah first appears in the U.S. registration record in 1979. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 1994, 207 babies received the name (ranked #728). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #3967), with roughly 85 babies named Dakotah each year. Dakotah has been declining in recent years. In total, around 5,401 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.