Drago
Boy · DRAH-go · Slavic
Drago is a boys' name of Slavic origin, meaning “dear, precious”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Drago mean?
Slavic: short form of names like Dragomir and Dragan
“dear, precious”
From the Slavic element drag, 'dear', found in Dragomir and Dragan; Ivan Drago is the Soviet boxer in Rocky IV.
- Say it
- DRAH-go
Is Drago a girl's or a boy's name?
Drago is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Drago in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Drago, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Drago in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Drago in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
Names like Drago
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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