Drake is a boy's name of English origin meaning “dragon.” In 2024 it was given to 414 boys in the United States.
Drake belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “dragon” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Drake first appears in Social Security records in 1918. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #196 in 2010, and in 2024 414 babies received the name — 36,489 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Drake means “dragon” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Drake is a boy name. In 2024, 414 babies received the name in the US.
Drake comes from the English & American tradition.
Drake first appears in US records in 1918. Its best-ever ranking was #196 in 2010, and 414 babies were given the name in 2024.
Drake is pronounced /dɹeɪk/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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