Draper
Boy · DRAY-per · English
Draper is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “cloth merchant”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Draper mean?
English: English occupational surname, from Old French drapier
“cloth merchant”
An English occupational surname for a dealer in cloth, from Old French drapier.
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- DRAY-per
Is Draper a girl's or a boy's name?
Draper is a boys' name.
How popular is Draper in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1980, with 46 boys. It first appears in the records in 1921.
Half of all the boys named Draper in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Draper in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 40 | #1,519 |
| 1980 | 46 | #1,391 |
| 1979 | 39 | #1,510 |
| 1978 | 36 | #1,570 |
| 1977 | 35 | #1,571 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
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