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Draco

#1,733 in 2025Boys' name

Dragon, sharp sighted, through Δρᾰ́κων

Draco has been given to 1,424 babies in the U.S. since 1997. In 2025 it ranked #1,733 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 160 recorded.

Babies named Draco, 2025

1 in 35,300

Draco over time, 1880–2025

Boys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Draco: meaning, origin, and history

Dragon, sharp sighted, through Δρᾰ́κων

Ancient Greek and Latin

What Draco means

Draco belongs to the name family reached through Draco → Δρᾰ́κων. Its meaning is “dragon, sharp sighted”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from Latin Dracō, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Δρᾰ́κων (Drắkōn). Doublet of Dracon, dracone, dragon, and dragoon.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Draco (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Draco is used in English. Its origins include Ancient Greek and Latin.

Draco comes through Ancient Greek Δρᾰ́κων.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Δρᾰ́κων.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Draco is pronounced /ˈdɹeɪkoʊ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,424 boys were recorded with the name Draco between 1997 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 160 in 2021; its best national rank was #1,208 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,605 in 2020 to #1,733 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,173 in 2015 to #1,733 in 2025.

How common is Draco?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 35,300
94 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 18,200
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,733
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
24,447 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Draco sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 24,447 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Draco. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dracos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Draco was born before 2020 — so the typical Draco is around 5 today.

Median birth year
2020
About 5 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
52.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
97.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,424
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 52.7% of all recorded uses (751).

Is Draco rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−455
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−128
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,440
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.61×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
58.8%
Peak was 2021 (160)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,208
2021

Spellings of Draco

Draco is not the most common spelling — Tracy is, with 41.4% against Draco's 0.96%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Draco is used

Across 2016–2025, Draco was most concentrated in Missouri — about 1 in 11,111 boys, against 1 in 22,267 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

19 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Missouri1 in 11,111
  2. 2Ohio1 in 14,286
  3. 3Texas1 in 14,286
  4. 4Indiana1 in 16,667
  5. 5California1 in 20,000
  6. 6Florida1 in 20,000
  7. 7Oklahoma1 in 20,000
  8. 8Arizona1 in 25,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Draco around the world

Where Draco ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2011–2025
    #3,684
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2012–2024
    #2,134
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Draco by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,733
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 128
Best rank ever
#1,208
2021
Peak year
2021
160 that year
First recorded
1997
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,424
Count in 2025
94

Names similar to Draco

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Draco

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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