Draper — boys' name

What the Data Says About Draper

The Social Security Administration has registered 432 babies named Draper between 1921 and 2022, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Draper currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 46 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Draper performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 130 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Draper shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Draper in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Draper 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 432 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.