Drake

Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088 · #827 for boys in 2025, 299 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
2010 · 1,877 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
36,792
since 1918

Drake over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Drake has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #196, 2010boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#827299
2024—#659416
2023—#681398
2022—#629442
2021—#568496
2020#15,0885#534527
2019—#571488
2018—#440687
2017—#468649
2016—#444696
2015—#397782
2014—#349943
2013—#2841,217
2012—#2301,547
2011—#2221,607
2010#12,2768#1961,877
2009—#2301,587
2008—#2321,590
2007—#2391,524
2006—#2421,410
2005#14,5026#2471,338
2004#14,1796#2621,268
2003#12,4087#2731,130
2002—#2671,169
2001#13,5216#2631,245
2000#13,1546#2611,270
1999#12,6886#2821,049
1998#12,4266#2691,057
1997#9,8028#286974
1996#11,8076#307867
1995#11,7836#326795
1994#10,5697#340725
1993—#349682
1992—#425526
1991—#479424
1990—#539341
1989—#592272
1988—#626228
1987—#785138
1986—#821122
1985—#891103
1984—#1,11066
1983—#97282
1982—#1,26454
1981—#1,12566
1980—#1,37847
1979—#1,43542
1978—#1,96525
1977—#1,74330
1976—#1,82827
1975—#2,45017
1974—#1,29043
1973—#1,35438
1972—#1,26243
1971—#1,30941
1970—#1,05160
1969—#1,05054
1968—#1,00654
1967—#1,04349
1966—#99154
1965—#87370
1964—#97361
1963—#1,09349
1962—#93066
1961—#87476
1960—#1,04554
1959—#1,11748
1958—#1,08150
1957—#1,21441
1956—#1,15743
1955—#1,21938
1954—#1,26835
1953—#1,37830
1952—#1,15241
1951—#1,24235
1950—#1,16838
1949—#1,27532
1948—#1,10741
1947—#1,31631
1946—#1,32728
1945—#2,13111
1944—#1,98813
1943—#1,91015
1942—#2,14512
1941—#2,4919
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First appearance
1918

The first year at least five boys were named Drake! It came in at #4,179, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1918–1919, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Drake is popular in 1986

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedMNIllinois: #498 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 5,701 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedINOhio: #514 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 9,436 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #672 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 10,377 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #536 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,814 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedHITexas: #1,082 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 20,904 boysTXFlorida: #889 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 15,284 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Illinois#498 · 1 in 5,701
  2. Ohio#514 · 1 in 9,436
  3. North Carolina#536 · 1 in 6,814
  4. California#672 · 1 in 10,377
  5. Florida#889 · 1 in 15,284

Best ever in a state: #64 in Alaska, 2011.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Illinois#498141 in 5,701
Ohio#51481 in 9,436
North Carolina#53661 in 6,814
California#672221 in 10,377
Florida#88951 in 15,284
Texas#1,08271 in 20,904
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Drake
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 168 spots since 2024 (#659 → #827)
  • 293 spots since 2020 (#534 → #827)
  • 430 spots since 2015 (#397 → #827)
  • Biggest jump: 292 spots in 1983 (#1,264 → #972)
  • Biggest drop: 168 spots in 2025 (#659 → #827)
Rise & fade · boys
92 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 2010 at #196 (1,877 births)
  • Births halved by 2015, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 47 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1985–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,022
  • Highest: 1 in 1,022 boys born in 2010 were named Drake (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,713 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 36.8% of all boys named Drake (13,531) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,179 (1918)#4,179
1920s11#3,815 (1920)#3,887
1930s12#2,854 (1936)#3,428
1940s192#1,107 (1948)#1,743
1950s399#1,081 (1958)#1,200
1960s587#873 (1965)#988
1970s366#1,051 (1970)#1,569
1980s1,178#592 (1989)#956
1990s7,440#269 (1998)#360
2000s13,531#230 (2009)#252
2010s10,493#196 (2010)#360
2020s2,578#534 (2020)#650

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Drake in 1986

boys
#821
122 births · 1 in 15,094 boys

Top boys' names in 1986

  1. #1Michael64,235
  2. #2Christopher56,693
  3. #3Matthew46,929
  4. #4Joshua37,542
  5. #5David37,150
  6. #6Daniel36,573
  7. #7James34,057
  8. #8Andrew33,858
  9. #9Robert31,350
  10. #10John30,209
  11. #821Drake122
More about 1986

boys

1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 15,094 of them was named Drake, which outranked 89.5% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Drake
  1. #816Durell123
  2. #816Jerel123
  3. #816Michel123
  4. #821Drake122
  5. #821Broderick122
  6. #821Cullen122
  7. #821Efren122
  8. #827Buddy121
  9. #828Mack120
  10. #828Rocco120

Tied with 5 names at #821; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,279Spenser#2,226 → #947
  2. ↑ 920Jayce#1,614 → #694
  3. ↑ 714Addison#1,228 → #514
  4. ↑ 649Payton#1,614 → #965
  5. ↑ 573Cordell#1,181 → #608
Fallers
  1. ↓ 409Ulises#877 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 365Eliot#934 → #1,299
  3. ↓ 322Jordy#998 → #1,320
  4. ↓ 313Trace#956 → #1,269
  5. ↓ 292Kennith#963 → #1,255

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1986 →