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Dacota

Dacota is a unisex given name: about 72% of people named Dacota are men and 28% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly maleMedium
Male 72%Female 28%
Verdict
Mostly male
Male / female split
72% male / 28% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
484 male / 188 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Dacota

To address Dacota when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Dacota," in English, "Guten Tag Dacota," in German. About 72% of people named Dacota are men and 28% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Dacota,

German

Guten Tag Dacota,

French

Bonjour Dacota,

Spanish

Estimado/a Dacota:

Chinese

Dacota您好：

Japanese

Dacota様

English

Hi Dacota,

German

Hi Dacota,

French

Salut Dacota,

Spanish

Hola Dacota,

Chinese

Dacota你好：

Japanese

Dacotaさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Dacota by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesuncommonman's name72%

United States birth data

484 male · 188 female · 672 births recorded

Male 72%Female 28%

Since 1980: 72% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Dacota a male or female name?

Dacota is a unisex given name: about 72% of people named Dacota are men and 28% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Dacota in an email?

To address Dacota when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Dacota," in English, "Guten Tag Dacota," in German. About 72% of people named Dacota are men and 28% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Dacota a unisex name?

Dacota is not a unisex name: 72% of people named Dacota are men. Dacota leans strongly male overall.

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Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Dacota a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/dacota (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_dacota,
  title  = {Is Dacota a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/dacota},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}