NameTides

Drake

Drake was the #827 boys' name in the US in 2025 (299 babies), and #3,684 in England & Wales and #2,095 in Canada.

Drake as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Drake as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Drake as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#827 (299)#3,684 (5)——#2,095 (9)
2024#659 (416)#4,271 (4)——#2,238 (8)
2023#681 (398)#3,524 (5)——#2,123 (8)
2022#629 (442)#2,756 (7)——#1,237 (17)
2021#568 (496)#2,125 (10)——#1,076 (21)
2020#534 (527)#4,608 (3)——#1,129 (19)
2019#571 (488)#1,587 (15)——#1,152 (18)
2018#440 (687)#1,875 (12)#595 (4)—#910 (25)
2017#468 (649)#1,703 (14)#733 (3)—#864 (27)
2016#444 (696)#1,570 (16)——#865 (27)
2015#397 (782)#1,121 (24)——#659 (39)
2014#349 (943)#889 (33)——#515 (54)
2013#284 (1,217)#850 (35)——#414 (70)
2012#230 (1,547)#682 (49)—#718 (3)#299 (108)
2011#222 (1,607)#831 (36)——#282 (111)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2010 at #196.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1918.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,700 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 5,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Drake is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,800 to 1 in 6,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Drake by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: #870ILMichigan: #999MINew York: #1,119NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #219IAIndiana: #579INOhio: #855OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,364CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #648MOKentucky: #569KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #844AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #305ARTennessee: #719TNNorth Carolina: #873NCSouth Carolina: #501SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #351OKLouisiana: #314LAMississippi: #415MSAlabama: #484ALGeorgia: #625GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,012TXFlorida: #846FL
Drake (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DrakeCanadaBoys#2,0959
DrakeEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
DrakeIrelandBoys—too few
DrakeNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DrakeScotlandBoys—too few
DrakeUSGirls—too few
DrakeUSBoys#827299