Drako
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DRAY-koh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Drako is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “dragon”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Drako mean?
Greek: variant of Draco
“dragon”
Draco was an Athenian lawgiver whose harsh legal code gave English the word draconian.
Is Drako a girl's or a boy's name?
Drako is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Drako in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Drako, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,272nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 47 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had fewer boys named Drako than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Drako in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Drako in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 33 | #3,453 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,001 |
| 2021 | 47 | #2,694 |
| 2020 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2019 | 32 | #3,493 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
Names like Drako
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo Tru Kenzo Mikko Zuko Hiro Kaizen Loki Yug Kato Kota Chozen
Names related to Drako
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Drako: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/drako, updated 20 October 2026.