Boys' name · since 2004
Dren
Since 2004, U.S. Social Security records show 42 babies named Dren, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,330 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,384 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 42
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
42 babies have been named Dren since 2004, making it today's #9384 boys' name.
Dren has 42 recorded births among boys since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9384 as of the latest data, more common than 33% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #23,330 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,384 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 42 born since 2004
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dren ranks #23,330 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,384 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 42 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,330 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,384 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 42
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Dren's 42 recorded births place it above 48.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Dren compares
42 15th 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
Dren's all-time total is 89% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dren | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 42 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Dren's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dren splits its recorded history at 2022: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2004 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dren popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Dren by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (32 births, 76% of the file).
2020s was Dren's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Dren births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 32 births (76% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dren: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2004–2025 (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 Dren 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.