Drake
Drake is ranked 661st among boys in 2024 (414 births). Its best rank was 196th, in 2010.
- Rank in 2024
- #661up 20 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4140.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 20101,877 births
- Best rank
- #196in 2010
- Since 1918
- 36,489people given the name
The story in the numbers
36,489 boys have been named Drake in the United States since 1918, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2010, with 1,877 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 349 → 661).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2006, and the 2000s alone account for 37%. It has spent 46 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Drake | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | |
| 1920s | 11 | |
| 1930s | 12 | |
| 1940s | 192 | |
| 1950s | 399 | |
| 1960s | 587 | |
| 1970s | 366 | |
| 1980s | 1,178 | |
| 1990s | 7,440 | |
| 2000s | 13,531 | |
| 2010s | 10,492 | |
| 2020s | 2,276 |
In 2010, its biggest year
Drake was the 196th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2010 were Jacob, Ethan, Michael, Jayden and William. See all of 2010.
Names that rose and fell with Drake
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kollinpeak 2009
- Coltinpeak 2012
- Geovannypeak 2009
- Brendynpeak 2009
- Giovannypeak 2010
- Jordenpeak 2011
- Keatonpeak 2007
- Tyrenpeak 2006
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.