boys:
1.2k births since 1997
#3430 (25th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1997
#6565 (15th percentile)
The name Draco is the #6,565 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,175 recorded births since 1997. This represents the 15.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,430 (25.2% percentile) for all time with 1,175 births since 1997.
Draco first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1997 (first recorded for boys in 1997).
For boys, Draco reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 16.7% percentile (ranked #775) with 85 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 85 births per million (ranked 16.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Draco ranks #808 for boys (11.3% percentile) with 59 births per million, which is 69.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Draco".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Draco. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 84.8% confident that Draco is pronounced as DRAY-koh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DRA-koh, at 15.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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