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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202005peak #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 2005

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #185 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 664 boysAKMaine: #166 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 696 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #128 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 559 boysNHWashington: #258 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 1,197 boysWAIdaho: #195 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 717 boysIDMontana: #162 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 563 boysMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #251 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,362 boysMNIllinois: #202 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 1,015 boysILWisconsin: #252 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,332 boysWIMichigan: #182 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 869 boysMINew York: #624 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 5,156 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedRIOregon: #291 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,388 boysORNevada: #202 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 862 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #210 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 835 boysSDIowa: #100 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 357 boysIAIndiana: #183 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 814 boysINOhio: #183 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 936 boysOHPennsylvania: #417 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 3,357 boysPANew Jersey: #659 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,867 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #329 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 2,210 boysCAUtah: #218 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 973 boysUTColorado: #215 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 908 boysCONebraska: #210 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 793 boysNEMissouri: #124 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 540 boysMOKentucky: #175 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 869 boysKYWest Virginia: #142 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 642 boysWVVirginia: #297 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 1,794 boysVAMaryland: #369 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,214 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedDEArizona: #252 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 1,249 boysAZNew Mexico: #329 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,817 boysNMKansas: #138 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 513 boysKSArkansas: #130 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 502 boysARTennessee: #282 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 1,535 boysTNNorth Carolina: #278 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 1,539 boysNCSouth Carolina: #229 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,178 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Drake, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #170 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 711 boysOKLouisiana: #134 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 548 boysLAMississippi: #248 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,135 boysMSAlabama: #206 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,078 boysALGeorgia: #250 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 1,298 boysGAHawaii: #258 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 956 boysHITexas: #295 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 1,589 boysTXFlorida: #358 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 2,250 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Iowa#100 · 1 in 357
  2. Missouri#124 · 1 in 540
  3. New Hampshire#128 · 1 in 559
  4. Arkansas#130 · 1 in 502
  5. Louisiana#134 · 1 in 548

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Iowa#100461 in 357
Missouri#124631 in 540
New Hampshire#128101 in 559
Arkansas#130301 in 502
Louisiana#134441 in 548
Kansas#138321 in 513
West Virginia#142141 in 642
Montana#16271 in 563
Maine#16681 in 696
Oklahoma#170291 in 711
Kentucky#175271 in 869
Michigan#182631 in 869
Indiana#183471 in 814
Ohio#183701 in 936
Alaska#18551 in 664
Idaho#195121 in 717
Illinois#202761 in 1,015
Nevada#202171 in 862
Alabama#206221 in 1,078
Nebraska#210131 in 793
South Dakota#21051 in 835
Colorado#215331 in 908
Utah#218231 in 973
South Carolina#229181 in 1,178
Mississippi#248131 in 1,135
Georgia#250461 in 1,298
Minnesota#251221 in 1,362
Arizona#252341 in 1,249
Wisconsin#252221 in 1,332
Hawaii#25851 in 956
Washington#258291 in 1,197
North Carolina#278341 in 1,539
Tennessee#282241 in 1,535
Oregon#291141 in 1,388
Texas#2951141 in 1,589
Virginia#297241 in 1,794
California#3291151 in 2,210
New Mexico#32961 in 1,817
Florida#358441 in 2,250
Maryland#369131 in 2,214
Pennsylvania#417191 in 3,357
New York#624211 in 5,156
New Jersey#65981 in 5,867
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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 2005

girls
#14,502
6 births · 1 in 307,974 girls
boys
#247
1,338 births · 1 in 1,493 boys

Top girls' names in 2005

  1. #1Emily23,952
  2. #2Emma20,362
  3. #3Madison19,578
  4. #4Abigail15,756
  5. #5Olivia15,700
  6. #6Isabella15,197
  7. #7Hannah14,854
  8. #8Samantha13,642
  9. #9Ava13,606
  10. #10Ashley13,276
  11. #14,502Drake6

Top boys' names in 2005

  1. #1Jacob25,851
  2. #2Michael23,828
  3. #3Joshua23,261
  4. #4Matthew21,483
  5. #5Ethan21,318
  6. #6Andrew20,742
  7. #7Daniel20,236
  8. #8Anthony19,387
  9. #9Joseph19,241
  10. #10Christopher19,174
  11. #247Drake1,338
More about 2005

girls

1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 307,974 of them was named Drake, which outranked 24.5% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Drake
  1. #13,010Zonia7
  2. #13,010Zsofia7
  3. #13,010Zuliana7
  4. #14,502Drake6
  5. #14,502Aailyah6
  6. #14,502Aalayjah6
  7. #14,502Aania6
  8. #16,462Aalana5
  9. #16,462Aaliyaha5
  10. #16,462Aaliyiah5

Tied with 1,959 names at #14,502; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,271Mikalah#7,077 → #806
  2. ↑ 2,724Yuridia#3,689 → #965
  3. ↑ 2,236Naima#3,127 → #891
  4. ↑ 1,924Karol#2,742 → #818
  5. ↑ 1,125Karma#1,972 → #847
Fallers
  1. ↓ 397Rhea#908 → #1,305
  2. ↓ 360Laisha#789 → #1,149
  3. ↓ 334Ashtyn#956 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 285Hunter#742 → #1,027
  5. ↓ 282Angeles#973 → #1,255

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

boys

1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 1,493 of them was named Drake, which outranked 98.2% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Drake
  1. #244Griffin1,376
  2. #245Derrick1,372
  3. #246Marcos1,360
  4. #247Drake1,338
  5. #248Raul1,332
  6. #249Braxton1,316
  7. #250Kaiden1,315
Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,722Talan#4,264 → #542
  2. ↑ 1,048Carmine#1,934 → #886
  3. ↑ 727Leland#1,335 → #608
  4. ↑ 528Amare#1,159 → #631
  5. ↑ 525Braylen#1,359 → #834
Fallers
  1. ↓ 817Madison#857 → #1,674
  2. ↓ 783Andon#865 → #1,648
  3. ↓ 406Kanye#486 → #892
  4. ↓ 379Jakobe#846 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 359Koda#930 → #1,289

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

See the top 100 for 2005 →