Deklin vs Dekota
American parents have registered 1,194 Dekotas since 1880, against 595 Deklins. But in 2025 it was Deklin that was commoner, 16 babies to 11.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Deklin Dekota
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 42 years in which either name was published, Dekota for 31 years and Deklin for 11 years. The lead changed hands 3 times.
Side by side
| Deklin | Dekota | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 595 | 1,194 |
| Most in one year | 69 | 59 |
| Babies in 2025 | 16 | 11 |
| Estimated living today | 590 | 1,200 |
| Median age today | 10 | 23 |
| Peak year | 2015 | 1995 |
| Best rank | 2,055th boys | 1,736th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 5,608th | 7,194th |
| First recorded | 2000 | 1959 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 595 | 349 / 845 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Dekotas alive today are over 23; half the Deklins are over 10. That is 13 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Deklin and Dekota.