Drayson — #4489 US boys' name
548 babies named Drayson in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 68% of names given to boys today.
52% of everyone ever named Drayson was born in this single decade.
36 babies were named Drayson in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Drayson
The Social Security Administration has registered 548 babies named Drayson between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Drayson currently holds the #4489 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 36 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Drayson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 285 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Drayson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Drayson in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Drayson 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 548 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.
Drayson at a glance
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Current rank
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Drayson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1990
- Peak year (2012)
- 36
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
Currently ranks #4489 among boys.
548 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 36 births in a single year.
Drayson by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 285 births that decade — 52% of Drayson's all-time total
Drayson decade highlights
- Peak decade 285 births
- Runner-up 118 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Drayson's strongest decade
285 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Drayson by state
Where Drayson concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 17 | 3.1% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 0.9% |
17 of 548 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.1% of nationwide
- California 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1990–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.