Drake

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Drake: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Drake: Recorded since 2001, it reached #682 in 2012, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#682highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2001–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3134
2004	#3651
2005	#2174
2006	#2538
2007	#2211
2008	#1457
2009	#1859
2010	#1241
2011	#831
2012	#682
2013	#850
2014	#889
2015	#1121
2016	#1570
2017	#1703
2018	#1875
2019	#1587
2020	#4608
2021	#2125
2022	#2755
2023	#3523
2024	#4270

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 22 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

In 2012: #682 among boys in England and Wales, #718 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #3134 among boys in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2001–2024
Highest recorded position: #682 among boys in England and Wales, in 2012 (recorded 2001–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Drake by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Drake in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	53	7 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	254	10 of 10	25
2020s	29	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 25 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Drake appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #682 in England and Wales in 2012.

Drake's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2125	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1587	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1703	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1570	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1121	24	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#889	33	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#850	35	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#682	49	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#831	36	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1241	20	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1457	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2001 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #682, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 49 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2012, and 11 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ayaat · #682, 19y
Cece · #683, 17y
Millie-Mae · #681, 25y
Ruby-Leigh · #679, 19y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Ayaat · #682, 19y
Riley-Jay · #682, 18y
Cece · #683, 17y
Apollo · #679, 16y

Drake was ranked #682 in England and Wales · Boys in 2012. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Drake and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Drake without appearing here.

Drake moved ahead of

Tor Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4608 and #2960 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2125 and #3990.
Malin Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3651 and #3651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2174 and #3849.
Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3651 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2538 and #4052.
Joakim Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2538 and #2538 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1859 and #3227.

Moved ahead of Drake

Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1587 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #1935.
Harald Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #3254.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2125 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2755 and #2018.
Aksel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1703 and #1812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1875 and #1382.

Moved the opposite way to Drake

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Drake went from #2538 to #4270 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1132.
Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Drake went from #2211 to #4270 while Matheo went from #4333 to #1517.
Kim Compare
Between 2004 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Drake went from #3651 to #1121 while Kim went from #1596 to #4747.

Moved the same way as Drake

Brooke Compare
Between 2001 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Drake went from #3134 to #4608 and Brooke from #1286 to #4608.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #682 in England and Wales in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Drake by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Drake at a glance

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