Boys' name · since 2001
Draken
Draken has 169 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,975 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 169
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Draken sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 169 recorded since 2001.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Draken has been recorded 169 times among boys since 2001, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2024.
- #13,975 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 169 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Draken ranks #13,975 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 169 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,975 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 169
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Draken's 169 recorded births place it above 69.22% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Draken's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Draken's full recorded timeline at 2010, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Draken popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2024
- Peak year (2013)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Draken by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (85 births, 50% of the file).
2000s was Draken's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Draken births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
85 births
- 2010s
2010s
76 births
- 2020s 8
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 85 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Draken's decade-level peak was the 2000s (85 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Draken: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~23 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2001–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Draken draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.