Girls' name · since 1973
Drea
858 babies named Drea in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,344 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,602 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 858
- born since 1973
- 2010s
- peak decade
Drea currently ranks #7602 among girls' names in America, with 858 babies recorded since 1973.
Drea has 858 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7602 as of the latest data, more common than 56% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #8,344 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,602 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 858 born since 1973
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Drea ranks #8,344 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,602 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 858 born since 1973, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,344 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,602 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 858
- born since 1973
- 2010s
- peak decade
Drea's 858 recorded births place it above 88.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Drea compares
858 Top 35% higher than 65% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Drea's all-time total is 128% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Drea | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 858 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 50 | 21 | 19,840 |
Drea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Drea's full recorded timeline at 2007, 68% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 32% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 50 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Drea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Drea by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (348 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Drea's strongest decade.
348 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Drea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 59
1990s
59 births
- 2000s
2000s
290 births
- 2010s
2010s
348 births
- 2020s
2020s
146 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 348 births (41% of all-time use).
How Drea compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Drea's total volume
Drea by state
Where Drea concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 55 | 6.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 17 | 2.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 12 | 1.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 10 | 1.2% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #6 | South Carolina | | 5 | 0.6% |
55 of 858 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Drea's data
- Drea's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (348 total births) through the 2020s (146) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Dreas (55 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Drea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~52 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1973–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Drea draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.