Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Drake

#595 most common boys' name of all time · #1,324 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1918–2025

Rank among boys
#595
Rank overall
#1,324 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
90 of 146
All-time
36,875
Since 2016
5,103
Peak year
2010 #196
Best rank
#196 2010
Girls Boys peak 1,885/yr
192019401960198020002020

Drake first appears in 1918. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 299 299 #828
2024 416 416 #659
2023 398 398 #681
2022 442 442 #630
2021 496 496 #569
2020 5 527 532 #535
2019 488 488 #572
2018 687 687 #441
2017 649 649 #468
2016 696 696 #445
2015 782 782 #397
2014 943 943 #349
2013 1,217 1,217 #284
2012 1,547 1,547 #230
2011 1,607 1,607 #222
2010 8 1,877 1,885 #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 6 1,338 1,344 #247
2004 6 1,268 1,274 #262
2003 7 1,130 1,137 #273
2002 1,169 1,169 #267
2001 6 1,245 1,251 #263
2000 6 1,270 1,276 #261
1999 6 1,049 1,055 #282
1998 6 1,057 1,063 #270
1997 8 974 982 #286
1996 6 867 873 #307
1995 6 795 801 #327
1994 7 725 732 #340
1993 682 682 #349
1992 526 526 #425
1991 424 424 #480
1990 341 341 #541
1989 272 272 #592
1988 228 228 #629
1987 138 138 #785
1986 122 122 #824
1985 103 103 #893
1984 66 66 #1,116
1983 82 82 #978
1982 54 54 #1,272
1981 66 66 #1,128
1980 47 47 #1,386
1979 42 42 #1,447
1978 25 25 #1,987
1977 30 30 #1,761
1976 27 27 #1,851
1975 17 17 #2,498
1974 43 43 #1,301
1973 38 38 #1,363
1972 43 43 #1,280
1971 41 41 #1,324
1970 60 60 #1,060
1969 54 54 #1,060
1968 54 54 #1,015
1967 49 49 #1,058
1966 54 54 #996
1965 70 70 #879
1964 61 61 #977
1963 49 49 #1,098
1962 66 66 #937
1961 76 76 #880
1960 54 54 #1,057
1959 48 48 #1,128
1958 50 50 #1,089
1957 41 41 #1,229
1956 43 43 #1,169
1955 38 38 #1,236
1954 35 35 #1,288
1953 30 30 #1,406
1952 41 41 #1,165
1951 35 35 #1,258
1950 38 38 #1,179
1949 32 32 #1,292
1948 41 41 #1,126
1947 31 31 #1,332
1946 28 28 #1,353
1945 11 11 #2,228
1944 13 13 #2,073
1943 15 15 #1,981
1942 12 12 #2,259
1941 9 9 #2,638
1936 7 7 #3,111
1930 5 5 #4,383
1929 5 5 #4,401
1920 6 6 #4,190
1918 5 5 #4,662