Meaning and history
Drake comes from an English surname derived from Old Norse Draki or Old English Draca, both meaning "dragon" and ultimately related to Greek drakon, "dragon" or "serpent." It coincides with the unrelated word for a male duck and is borne by Canadian actor and rapper Drake (1986–), born Aubrey Drake Graham.
20062006: 1,410 births, rank #242
2007: 1,524 births, rank #239
2008: 1,590 births, rank #232
2009: 1,587 births, rank #230
2010: 1,877 births, rank #196
20112011: 1,607 births, rank #222
2012: 1,547 births, rank #230
2013: 1,217 births, rank #284
2014: 943 births, rank #349
2015: 782 births, rank #397
20162016: 696 births, rank #444
2017: 649 births, rank #468
2018: 687 births, rank #440
2019: 488 births, rank #571
2020: 527 births, rank #534
20212021: 496 births, rank #568
2022: 442 births, rank #629
2023: 398 births, rank #681
2024: 416 births, rank #659
20252025: 299 births, rank #827
Drake moved from #659 to #827 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2010, with 1,877 births.