I have the name [name]Dakota[/name] on my list for both genders and I love it for both equally. I do know of 2 girl Dakotas and 1 boy [name]Dakota[/name] (although they’re all online - I don’t know them in person) but I’m still unsure which gender it is more usable for. I would say girl because of [name]Dakota[/name] Fanning as she’s quite famous but the name is still pretty uncommon so could it be used on a boy?
What do you think?
I think it truly works for either. I have a good male friend who is my age named [name]Dakota[/name]. But I’m also acquainted with 2 little girls named [name]Dakota[/name]. So I dont really associate it with a gender.
I think it’s good for either. If I met a boy named [name]Dakota[/name], I probably wouldn’t think twice about it. That being said, I think it’s more suitable for a girl. But that’s just my opinion.
I know a guy who uses [name]Dakota[/name] as a NN. I feel like it fits a boy better.
I like it better on a boy but I think it’s great on either gender. I know 2 boy [name]Dakota[/name]'s (one 14 and one 7) and a girl [name]Dakota[/name] (13) and I think it works perfectly fine on either. Kota as a boys nickname, [name]Koko[/name] as a girls 
A boy though I’m not a huge fan of it either way. Still I had a little boy named this (I’m a preschool teacher) and he was one of my favorites!
I’ve heard of more girl Dakotas, but I feel it sounds a little more boyish to me. I think its one of those unisex names that work for either gender.
I have met boy and girl Dakotas. It sounds masculine to me personally, but then there is [name]Dakota[/name] Fanning and state names ([name]Carolina[/name], [name]Virginia[/name]) are usually girl names, so truly it can go either way.
I’ve met 2 boys and 1 girl named [name]Dakota[/name]. I think it can definitely go either way.
I know more boy Dakotas than girl Dakotas. That said, I hate it as a name.
I have met a boy & a girl. I think I like it a bit more on a boy.
I’ve only met one [name]Dakota[/name]- a man in his 50s
The name has always felt more masculine to me, even before I met him
It’s used pretty much equally for both genders but I think it’s definitely more usable on a girl. For one, there are more celebrity [name]Dakota[/name] girls than boys. There’s [name]Dakota[/name] Fanning and then there’s a girl [name]Dakota[/name] in “The Office” (I love the name on her, she’s the reason I like it). Another thing is that it’s easier for a girl to pull off a unisex name than a boy. It’s way worse socially for a boy to appear feminine than for a girl to appear tomboyish. For girls it’s kind of edgy and cool, and for boys it just doesn’t work. Another thing is that the -a ending is traditionally feminine. I actually really like it on a girl even though it’s not particularly my style, persay!
I think [name]Dakota[/name] is better on a boy. But then the only [name]Dakota[/name] I know in person is a little boy.
Honestly though, I’ve always dreamt about having a Husky named [name]Dakota[/name] so the name on a human is a little odd to me.
Either one. I like it better for a boy, though.
[name]Dakota[/name] sounds more feminine to me.
The only [name]Dakota[/name] I know is male, and he goes by [name]Cody[/name], which is a great masculine nickname. (He loves his name, and he is fourteen.) I do prefer it on a boy (more preferably on a [name]German[/name] [name]Shepard[/name], but it works fine on human boys.)
But I can also see it going female, with the nickname [name]Koko[/name], Kota/[name]Koda[/name] or Kodi/[name]Kody[/name]. These days, it is easier for a girl to pull off a masculine name than a boy a feminine one. However, [name]Dakota[/name] is literally split down the middle gender wise. In 2012, out of all the babies named [name]Dakota[/name], 1032 were girls and 934 were boys. But for boys [name]Dakota[/name] peaked at 56 in 1996, while the highest it has been on the girls’ side was a decade later at 190.
On the usability factor, I think it’s one of the names that no one will give a second thought if they see it on a boy or girl.