Boy
Drake
Drake is a boy's name meaning "Old English/Old Norse", drawing on Old English roots. It is having a real moment, more popular in the 2000s than ever before. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. It has quietly persisted through most of the last century of American birth records.
Old EnglishOld English/Old Norse
EtymologyMeaning "dragon" or "male duck"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
5
1920s
11
1930s
12
1940s
192
1950s
398
1960s
588
1970s
367
1980s
1,176
1990s
7,478
2000s
13,550
2010s
9,292
Peaked in the 2000s · 33,069 total U.S. births since 1900