# Anyone in US named Dakota? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 30, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-us-named-dakota/989362 "2023-08-30T20:59:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-us-named-dakota/989362/41 "2023-08-30T22:40:30Z")
Good name for a dog too ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-us-named-dakota/989362/42 "2023-08-30T22:44:26Z")
There have been two Major League Baseball players named Dakota; Dakota Hudson, who’s now in his sixth year with the Cardinals, and Dakota Bacus, who pitched briefly for Washington in 2020. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-us-named-dakota/989362/43 "2023-08-30T23:37:54Z")
I’ve had years with Dakotas (female) in more than one of my classes. ---
**Author:** ![Apodder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apodder/32/17727_2.png) [@Apodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apodder)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-us-named-dakota/989362/44 "2023-08-30T23:42:06Z")
Yep, my son’s good friend from high school is a Dakota. He’s 30 years old. ---
**Author:** ![Tabco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tabco/32/7644_2.png) [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-us-named-dakota/989362/45 "2023-08-30T23:48:54Z")
I had a younger cousin named Dakota, born in the mid 90s. He had a serious congenital heart defect, and received a transplant when he was a small child. He ultimately passed away from his condition when he was around 10. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@epbrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-us-named-dakota/989362/46 "2023-08-31T00:41:19Z")
I was thisclose to posting the kid playing Georgie Cooper on _Young Sheldon_, then checked and realized his name’s Montana. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-us-named-dakota/989362/47 "2023-08-31T00:50:44Z")
Which other states are names? I’ve known one Virginia. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-us-named-dakota/989362/48 "2023-08-31T00:50:57Z")
Imma name my next kid _Nebraska_ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-us-named-dakota/989362/49 "2023-08-31T00:52:06Z")
I knew a Nevada. But… Tex Georgia Carolina Louisiana ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-us-named-dakota/989362/50 "2023-08-31T00:52:07Z")
Maybe Arizona and Florida, although I’ve never met one personally. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-us-named-dakota/989362/51 "2023-08-31T00:52:53Z")
Washington ---
**Author:** ![epbrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@epbrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-us-named-dakota/989362/52 "2023-08-31T00:53:20Z")
Casey Affleck named a kid Indiana, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-us-named-dakota/989362/53 "2023-08-31T00:53:41Z")
Never heard of a Lousiana. Maybe Louise Anna? And I’ve mostly heard Washington as a middle name. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-us-named-dakota/989362/54 "2023-08-31T00:54:45Z")
We had a cook who claimed her name was Louisiana. We called her Miss Lou ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-us-named-dakota/989362/55 "2023-08-31T00:56:48Z")
> [@epbrown](#): > > Casey Affleck named a kid Indiana, apparently. You sure it wasn’t the dog? 😉 I know a male Dakota Brian ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-us-named-dakota/989362/56 "2023-08-31T00:57:34Z")
“We named the dog Indiana.” ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-us-named-dakota/989362/57 "2023-08-31T00:57:59Z")
I would not refute Miss Lou. And now I’m remembering Washington Irving. There were probably a passel of Washington’s in the first century of the US. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-us-named-dakota/989362/58 "2023-08-31T00:58:02Z")
Place names and land feature names are common. IMO ---
**Author:** ![epbrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@epbrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-us-named-dakota/989362/59 "2023-08-31T00:58:41Z")
In 2019 there were 32 girls born named Tennessee. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-us-named-dakota/989362/60 "2023-08-31T00:59:37Z")
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