Drake

Where Drake comes from

* As an English surname, from both senses of the noun drake meaning "male duck" and "dragon." * As a German surname, from Low German drake (“dragon”), related to the above. * As a Dutch surname, Americanized/West Flemish variant of Draak, also related to the above.
— Wiktionary's entry for Drake
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1918
    First appearance
    #4,179 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1986
    Drake Bell born
    American actor
  3. 1997
    Drake Callender born
    American soccer player
  4. 2010
    Peak, #196
    1,877 babies named Drake — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2015
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #397.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Drake Bell · American actor, born 1986
  • Drake Callender · American soccer player, born 1997
  • Drake Hogestyn · American actor, 1953–2024
  • Drake Maye · American football player, born 2002
  • Drake Batherson · American-born Canadian professional ice hockey player, born 1998

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.