Drake — #660 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Drake

The Social Security Administration has registered 36,489 babies named Drake between 1918 and 2024, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Drake currently holds the #660 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 1,877 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Drake performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 13,531 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Drake shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,257 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Drake in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Drake in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 36,489 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.