Jakota comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning Native American name, meaning "friend"..
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How popular is Jakota?
2003peak year
Today, Jakota is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #10214), with only about 7 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2003, 10 babies were given the name (ranked #6931 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2000s. Jakota has been declining in recent years. In all, around 145 babies have been registered as Jakota since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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