Drake
Boy
Drake is a boys' name, meaning “male duck”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 827th for boys in the US (299 babies).
What does Drake mean?
“male duck”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Drake a girl's or a boy's name?
Drake is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 299 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Drake in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Drake, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 49 boys.
Half of all the boys named Drake in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Drake in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,563 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,591 |
| 2015 | 25 | #1,167 |
| 2014 | 33 | #969 |
| 2013 | 37 | #888 |
| 2012 | 49 | #741 |
| 2011 | 37 | #878 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,490 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
How popular is Drake in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #827among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 299about 1 in 5,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 299 boys in the US were named Drake, making it the 827th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 534th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 1,877 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
2025 had fewer boys named Drake than any year since 1989.
Half of all the boys named Drake in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Drake in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 299 | #827 |
| 2024 | 416 | #659 |
| 2023 | 398 | #681 |
| 2022 | 442 | #629 |
| 2021 | 496 | #568 |
| 2020 | 527 | #534 |
| 2019 | 488 | #571 |
| 2018 | 687 | #440 |
| 2017 | 649 | #468 |
| 2016 | 696 | #444 |
| 2015 | 782 | #397 |
| 2014 | 943 | #349 |
| 2013 | 1,217 | #284 |
| 2012 | 1,547 | #230 |
| 2011 | 1,607 | #222 |
| 2010 | 1,877 | #196 |
| 2009 | 1,587 | #230 |
| 2008 | 1,590 | #232 |
| 2007 | 1,524 | #239 |
| 2006 | 1,410 | #242 |
| 2005 | 1,338 | #247 |
| 2004 | 1,268 | #262 |
| 2003 | 1,130 | #273 |
| 2002 | 1,169 | #267 |
| 2001 | 1,245 | #263 |
| 2000 | 1,270 | #261 |
| 1999 | 1,049 | #282 |
| 1998 | 1,057 | #269 |
| 1997 | 974 | #286 |
| 1996 | 867 | #307 |
| 1995 | 795 | #326 |
| 1994 | 725 | #340 |
| 1993 | 682 | #349 |
| 1992 | 526 | #425 |
| 1991 | 424 | #479 |
| 1990 | 341 | #538 |
| 1989 | 272 | #591 |
| 1988 | 228 | #626 |
| 1987 | 138 | #784 |
| 1986 | 122 | #821 |
| 1985 | 103 | #891 |
| 1984 | 66 | #1,109 |
| 1983 | 82 | #972 |
| 1982 | 54 | #1,263 |
| 1981 | 66 | #1,125 |
| 1980 | 47 | #1,378 |
| 1979 | 42 | #1,435 |
| 1978 | 25 | #1,965 |
| 1977 | 30 | #1,743 |
| 1976 | 27 | #1,827 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,448 |
| 1974 | 43 | #1,290 |
| 1973 | 38 | #1,354 |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,262 |
| 1971 | 41 | #1,309 |
| 1970 | 60 | #1,051 |
| 1969 | 54 | #1,050 |
| 1968 | 54 | #1,006 |
| 1967 | 49 | #1,043 |
| 1966 | 54 | #991 |
| 1965 | 70 | #873 |
| 1964 | 61 | #973 |
| 1963 | 49 | #1,092 |
| 1962 | 66 | #929 |
| 1961 | 76 | #873 |
| 1960 | 54 | #1,044 |
| 1959 | 48 | #1,116 |
| 1958 | 50 | #1,080 |
| 1957 | 41 | #1,213 |
| 1956 | 43 | #1,156 |
| 1955 | 38 | #1,218 |
| 1954 | 35 | #1,267 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,377 |
| 1952 | 41 | #1,151 |
| 1951 | 35 | #1,241 |
| 1950 | 38 | #1,167 |
| 1949 | 32 | #1,274 |
| 1948 | 41 | #1,106 |
| 1947 | 31 | #1,315 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,326 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,130 |
| 1944 | 13 | #1,987 |
| 1943 | 15 | #1,909 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,144 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
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