Drake
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Drake
A simple one-syllable name that has been on the popularity list since the mid-1980s, Drake is most associated today with the single-named rapper (born Aubrey). The name peaked at Number 197 in 2010 and has since been on a slow decline, but it still can be counted among the stylish contemporary boy names starting with D.
Drake is also given to girls.
Pronounced DRAKE.
As of October 2026, Drake ranked #827 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #196 in 2010.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #349 | 943 | 490.9 |
| 2015 | #397 | 782 | 408 |
| 2016 | #444 | 696 | 366.8 |
| 2017 | #468 | 649 | 350.6 |
| 2018 | #440 | 686 | 377.7 |
| 2019 | #571 | 488 | 272 |
| 2020 | #535 | 527 | 305.3 |
| 2021 | #568 | 496 | 283.5 |
| 2022 | #630 | 442 | 253.1 |
| 2023 | #681 | 397 | 232.1 |
| 2024 | #661 | 414 | 240.3 |
| 2025 | #827 | 299 | 175.1 |
World rankings
Drake for boys
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Drake on lists
Famous Drakes
- Drake (born Aubrey Drake Graham)Boy
Canadian rapper and actor
- (Jared) Drake BellBoy
American actor and singer,songwriter
- Drake DunsmoreBoy
American football player
- (Donald) Drake HogestynBoy
American actor
- Drake NevisBoy
American football player
- Drake BerehowskyBoy
Canadian ice hockey player
- Drake Richard DienerBoy
American basketball player
- Sir Francis DrakeBoy
Elizabethan privateer and naval hero
- Nick DrakeBoy
English singer,songwriter
- Drake Gaines (b. 2005)Boy
son of reality stars Chip and Joanna Gaines
- Drake Saul (b. 2011)Boy
son of model Cassi Van Den Dugen and Brad Saul
Drake in pop culture
- Drake BamfyldeBoy
character in "The Maid of Sker" by R. D. Blackmore
- Drake MerwinBoy
character in the series "Gone" by Michael Grant
- Drake HowardBoy
character on TV's "The Office"
- Drake ParkerBoy
main character on TV's "Drake and Josh," played by Drake Bell
- Drake Mallard aka Darkwing DuckBoy
character in the animated series "Darkwing Duck"
- Drake RamorayBoy
soap opera character played by Joey Tribbiani on TV's "Friends"
- Drake McHughBoy
character in film "Kings Row"
- Drake EdgewaterBoy
character in video game "Quarantine"
- Drake EvansBoy
character in video game "NBA Street"
- Timothy "Tim" Drake aka Red RobinBoy
character in the Batman series
- Drake UniversityBoy
college in Des Moines, Iowa, USA
- Drake StoneBoy
character in the movie "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"
- DrakeBoy
character in Brandon Mull's "Beyonders" series
- Nathan DrakeBoy
main character in video game series "Uncharted"