Dru
- #3,577 for girls in 2025, 42 births
- #2,363 for boys in 2025, 58 births
- Given to boys 59.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1999 · 99 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,788since 1950
Dru over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,577 | 42 | #2,363 | 58 |
| 2024 | #3,395 | 46 | #2,370 | 59 |
| 2023 | #3,386 | 47 | #1,999 | 76 |
| 2022 | #3,653 | 42 | #2,039 | 74 |
| 2021 | #3,678 | 41 | #2,000 | 74 |
| 2020 | #4,169 | 33 | #2,467 | 52 |
| 2019 | #4,006 | 36 | #2,808 | 44 |
| 2018 | #4,144 | 34 | #2,417 | 54 |
| 2017 | #4,576 | 30 | #2,597 | 48 |
| 2016 | #5,130 | 26 | #3,358 | 33 |
| 2015 | #5,833 | 22 | #4,295 | 23 |
| 2014 | #5,163 | 26 | #3,891 | 26 |
| 2013 | #5,317 | 25 | #3,122 | 35 |
| 2012 | #4,836 | 29 | #3,807 | 27 |
| 2011 | #5,063 | 27 | #3,364 | 32 |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 | #2,429 | 51 |
| 2009 | #6,544 | 20 | #2,946 | 40 |
| 2008 | #5,434 | 26 | #3,103 | 37 |
| 2007 | #4,944 | 29 | #2,372 | 54 |
| 2006 | #4,463 | 32 | #2,449 | 50 |
| 2005 | #3,876 | 37 | #2,114 | 58 |
| 2004 | #2,204 | 80 | #1,748 | 72 |
| 2003 | #4,668 | 27 | #2,349 | 45 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #2,249 | 46 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | #1,960 | 55 |
| 2000 | #3,808 | 33 | #1,514 | 79 |
| 1999 | #4,445 | 25 | #1,249 | 99 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 | #1,436 | 79 |
| 1997 | #5,228 | 19 | #1,350 | 82 |
| 1996 | #4,883 | 20 | #2,218 | 37 |
| 1995 | #3,878 | 27 | #1,864 | 46 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | #2,181 | 37 |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | #2,295 | 33 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #2,214 | 34 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | #1,919 | 40 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | #2,373 | 29 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | #1,953 | 37 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #2,367 | 25 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 | #1,829 | 35 |
| 1986 | #4,028 | 20 | #1,617 | 40 |
| 1985 | #3,730 | 22 | #1,594 | 40 |
| 1984 | #3,423 | 24 | #1,458 | 43 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | #1,594 | 37 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | #1,890 | 29 |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 | #1,661 | 35 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #2,213 | 23 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #1,903 | 28 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #1,870 | 27 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #2,008 | 24 |
| 1976 | — | #2,054 | 23 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,835 | 26 | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #2,277 | 18 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #2,124 | 19 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | #1,819 | 24 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | #2,126 | 19 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | #1,523 | 31 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 | #1,642 | 25 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | #1,393 | 31 |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | #1,652 | 22 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | #1,510 | 26 |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 | #1,456 | 28 |
| 1964 | #2,825 | 20 | #1,655 | 23 |
| 1963 | #2,960 | 18 | #1,957 | 17 |
| 1962 | #1,947 | 35 | #1,805 | 20 |
| 1961 | #1,742 | 43 | #1,602 | 25 |
| 1960 | #1,887 | 36 | #1,772 | 21 |
| 1959 | #1,881 | 35 | #1,522 | 27 |
| 1958 | #1,657 | 42 | #1,838 | 19 |
| 1957 | #1,531 | 49 | #1,583 | 25 |
| 1956 | #1,480 | 51 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1955 | #1,537 | 44 | #2,219 | 13 |
| 1954 | #1,377 | 53 | #2,207 | 13 |
| 1953 | #1,460 | 45 | #2,287 | 12 |
| 1952 | #1,781 | 31 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #2,182 | 21 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #1,955 | 24 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #2,726 | 14 | — | |
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First appearance
1950
The first year at least five boys were named Dru! It came in at #2,770, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1950–1953, when fewer than 13 boys a year got the name.
Where Dru is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Louisiana#672 · 1 in 3,188
- Tennessee#927 · 1 in 6,128
- Texas#1,760 · 1 in 19,450
- California#2,471 · 1 in 35,095
Best ever in a state: #326 in Louisiana, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #672 | 6 | 1 in 3,188 |
| Tennessee | #927 | 6 | 1 in 6,128 |
| Texas | #1,760 | 9 | 1 in 19,450 |
| California | #2,471 | 5 | 1 in 35,095 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Dru
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 104 spots since 2020 (#2,467 → #2,363)
Rise & fade · boys
49 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 1999 at #1,249 (99 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 19,395
- Highest: 1 in 19,395 boys born in 1999 were named Dru (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 29,450 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 19.2% of all boys named Dru (536) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2015
- Mostly girls until 2014, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 149 | #1,522 (1959) | #2,186 |
| 1960s | 238 | #1,393 (1968) | #1,644 |
| 1970s | 239 | #1,523 (1970) | #1,954 |
| 1980s | 344 | #1,458 (1984) | #1,818 |
| 1990s | 516 | #1,249 (1999) | #1,910 |
| 2000s | 536 | #1,514 (2000) | #2,280 |
| 2010s | 373 | #2,417 (2018) | #3,209 |
| 2020s | 393 | #1,999 (2023) | #2,206 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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