Drake is an established boys' name that peaked in 2010 and has since faded.
Drake is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #827 for boy births in the United States (and #1,695 across all names), given to 299 babies. Drake first appears in 1918 and peaked in 2010 (1,877 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 299 | 299 | — | #827 |
| 2024 | 416 | 416 | — | #659 |
| 2023 | 398 | 398 | — | #681 |
| 2022 | 442 | 442 | — | #630 |
| 2021 | 496 | 496 | — | #568 |
| 2020 | 532 | 532 | #15,760 | #535 |
| 2019 | 488 | 488 | — | #571 |
| 2018 | 687 | 687 | — | #440 |
| 2017 | 649 | 649 | — | #468 |
| 2016 | 696 | 696 | — | #444 |
| 2015 | 782 | 782 | — | #397 |
| 2014 | 943 | 943 | — | #349 |
| 2013 | 1,217 | 1,217 | — | #284 |
| 2012 | 1,547 | 1,547 | — | #230 |
| 2011 | 1,607 | 1,614 | — | #222 |
| 2010 | 1,885 | 1,885 | #12,615 | #196 |
| 2009 | 1,587 | 1,587 | — | #230 |
| 2008 | 1,590 | 1,590 | — | #232 |
| 2007 | 1,524 | 1,524 | — | #239 |
| 2006 | 1,410 | 1,410 | — | #242 |
| 2005 | 1,344 | 1,344 | #15,023 | #247 |
| 2004 | 1,274 | 1,274 | #14,664 | #262 |
| 2003 | 1,137 | 1,142 | #12,790 | #273 |
| 2002 | 1,169 | 1,169 | — | #267 |
| 2001 | 1,251 | 1,251 | #14,034 | #263 |
| 2000 | 1,276 | 1,276 | #13,656 | #261 |
| 1999 | 1,055 | 1,055 | #13,146 | #282 |
| 1998 | 1,063 | 1,063 | #12,907 | #270 |
| 1997 | 982 | — | #10,056 | #286 |
| 1996 | 873 | — | #12,283 | #307 |
| 1995 | 801 | — | #12,203 | #326 |
| 1994 | 732 | — | #10,896 | #340 |
| 1993 | 682 | — | — | #349 |
| 1992 | 526 | — | — | #425 |
| 1991 | 424 | — | — | #480 |
| 1990 | 341 | — | — | #539 |
| 1989 | 272 | — | — | #592 |
| 1988 | 228 | — | — | #626 |
| 1987 | 138 | — | — | #786 |
| 1986 | 122 | — | — | #823 |
| 1985 | 103 | — | — | #892 |
| 1984 | 66 | — | — | #1,117 |
| 1983 | 82 | — | — | #972 |
| 1982 | 54 | — | — | #1,265 |
| 1981 | 66 | — | — | #1,126 |
| 1980 | 47 | — | — | #1,382 |
| 1979 | 42 | — | — | #1,443 |
| 1978 | 25 | — | — | #1,982 |
| 1977 | 30 | — | — | #1,754 |
| 1976 | 27 | — | — | #1,843 |
| 1975 | 17 | — | — | #2,470 |
| 1974 | 43 | — | — | #1,297 |
| 1973 | 38 | — | — | #1,360 |
| 1972 | 43 | — | — | #1,265 |
| 1971 | 41 | — | — | #1,313 |
| 1970 | 60 | — | — | #1,057 |
| 1969 | 54 | — | — | #1,052 |
| 1968 | 54 | — | — | #1,007 |
| 1967 | 49 | — | — | #1,047 |
| 1966 | 54 | — | — | #996 |
| 1965 | 70 | — | — | #876 |
| 1964 | 61 | — | — | #976 |
| 1963 | 49 | — | — | #1,095 |
| 1962 | 66 | — | — | #931 |
| 1961 | 76 | — | — | #877 |
| 1960 | 54 | — | — | #1,049 |
| 1959 | 48 | — | — | #1,122 |
| 1958 | 50 | — | — | #1,082 |
| 1957 | 41 | — | — | #1,223 |
| 1956 | 43 | — | — | #1,158 |
| 1955 | 38 | — | — | #1,225 |
| 1954 | 35 | — | — | #1,277 |
| 1953 | 30 | — | — | #1,385 |
| 1952 | 41 | — | — | #1,158 |
| 1951 | 35 | — | — | #1,247 |
| 1950 | 38 | — | — | #1,171 |
| 1949 | 32 | — | — | #1,282 |
| 1948 | 41 | — | — | #1,111 |
| 1947 | 31 | — | — | #1,323 |
| 1946 | 28 | — | — | #1,335 |
| 1945 | 11 | — | — | #2,160 |
| 1944 | 13 | — | — | #2,015 |
| 1943 | 15 | — | — | #1,936 |
| 1942 | 12 | — | — | #2,181 |
| 1941 | 9 | — | — | #2,530 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | — | #2,957 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | — | #4,145 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | — | #4,121 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | — | #3,942 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | — | #4,339 |