Dre — #4244 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dre

The Social Security Administration has registered 839 babies named Dre between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dre currently holds the #4244 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 56 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dre performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 271 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Dre shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 49 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Dre in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dre in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 839 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.