How rare is the name Drake?

31,584 people in the United States have the first name Drake, about 1 in 9,563. It ranks #1,219 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DRAKE

#1,219

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
31,584
About
1 in 9,563
This common or more
72.7%
Who bears it

Of the 31,584 people named Drake, 76.9% reported their origin as White, 8.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.5% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Drake peaked in 2010, when 1,885 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19182025
Peak year
2010
Births that year
1,885
In 2025*
299 ▼84%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 36,875 babies have been given the name since 1918. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Drake by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #492. The largest share of babies named Drake, 58.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#11,6155
1920s#11,72211
1930s#9,91512
1940s#3,466192
1950s#2,717399
1960s#2,377587
1970s#3,583366
1980s#1,9981,178
1990s#7147,479
2000s#49213,562
2010s#63310,501
2020s#1,2992,583
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–642.3%
Generation X 1965–801.9%
Millennials 1981–9614.9%
Generation Z 1997–1258.9%
2013 and later21.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Drake is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Drake has been most common in Iowa (2.6×), Nevada (2.6×), and Utah (2.5×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.08×).

34,199 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Drake

#1,217 Kameron · 31,632#1,218 Helena · 31,617#1,220 Elvira · 31,500#1,220 Jasper · 31,500

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Drake, most common first.

#30,018 Drayke · 292

Also a last name

As a last name, Drake ranks #560 of 156,621, with 59,055 people. See Drake as a last name

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