Boys' name · since 2008
Drelan
Drelan has 27 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,631 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Drelan is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 27 have been recorded since 2008.
Drelan has 27 recorded births among boys since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 2008 to 2022.
- #26,631 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 27 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Drelan ranks #26,631 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #26,631 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Drelan's 27 recorded births place it above 41.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Drelan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Drelan's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2010 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Drelan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2022
- Peak year (2010)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Drelan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (17 births, 63% of the file).
2010s was Drelan's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Drelan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
17 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 17 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Drelan's decade-level peak was the 2010s (17 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Drelan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~14 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, 2008–2022 (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 Drelan 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.