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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | — | |
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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 1999
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Louisiana#577 · 1 in 3,904
- Indiana#684 · 1 in 7,685
- Ohio#734 · 1 in 9,911
- Illinois#1,033 · 1 in 13,300
- California#1,046 · 1 in 17,272
Best ever in a state: #326 in Louisiana, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #577 | 7 | 1 in 3,904 |
| Indiana | #684 | 5 | 1 in 7,685 |
| Ohio | #734 | 7 | 1 in 9,911 |
| Illinois | #1,033 | 6 | 1 in 13,300 |
| California | #1,046 | 14 | 1 in 17,272 |
| Texas | #1,400 | 7 | 1 in 23,521 |
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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
- 7 spots since 2024 (#2,370 → #2,363)
- 104 spots since 2020 (#2,467 → #2,363)
- 1,932 spots since 2015 (#4,295 → #2,363)
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 1999 at #1,249 (99 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 19.2% of all boys named Dru (536) were born in this decade
- 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.
Dru in 1999
Top girls' names in 1999
Top boys' names in 1999
More about 1999
girls
1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 70,953 of them was named Dru, which outranked 73.8% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,313Zakeya26
- #4,313Zaynab26
- #4,313Zora26
- #4,445Dru25
- #4,445Abigaile25
- #4,445Adena25
- #4,445Adrionna25
- #4,576Adalia24
- #4,576Adrienna24
- #4,576Agatha24
Tied with 130 names at #4,445; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 19,395 of them was named Dru, which outranked 89.2% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,241Louie100
- #1,241Nevin100
- #1,241Yisroel100
- #1,249Dru99
- #1,249Blade99
- #1,249Deanthony99
- #1,249Denis99
- #1,259Adalberto98
- #1,259Dajon98
- #1,259Dezmond98
Tied with 9 names at #1,249; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.