Draco
Draco is a name with a single cultural origin: Ancient Greek.
- Ancient Greek
Meaning & Origin of Draco
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Draco is a name with a single cultural origin: Ancient Greek.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Ancient Greek
The Story of Draco
American parents first put Draco on the record books as a baby boy name in 1997, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2021, when 160 Dracos were born — ranking #1,206 that year. About 59% of every Draco on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Draco ranks #1,314 for baby boys with 148 births, rising sharply (+49% over the past five years). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Draco
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Draco. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Drakon
Names that sound like Draco
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About the name Draco
Draco is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1997 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Draco's peak popularity came in 2021 when it ranked #1,206. Use the chart and map above to compare Draco's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.