Boys' name · since 2005
Dredyn
Dredyn has 238 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,951 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,935 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 238
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Dredyn currently ranks #12935 among boys' names in America, with 238 babies recorded since 2005.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dredyn has been recorded 238 times among boys since 2005, currently ranked #12935 nationally and more common than 7% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #11,951 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,935 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 238 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dredyn ranks #11,951 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,935 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 238 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,951 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,935 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 238
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Dredyn's 238 recorded births place it above 73.69% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Dredyn compares
238 41st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Dredyn's all-time total is 36% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dredyn | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 238 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 34 | 22,252 |
Dredyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dredyn's full recorded timeline at 2015, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dredyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Dredyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (162 births, 68% of the file).
2010s was Dredyn's strongest decade.
162 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Dredyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 40
2000s
40 births
- 2010s
2010s
162 births
- 2020s 36
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 162 births (68% of all-time use).
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- Dredyn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (162 total births); usage has since declined to 36 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Dredyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~20 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, 2005–2025 (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 Dredyn 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.