Dren — boys' name
34 babies named Dren in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
71% of everyone ever named Dren was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Dren in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dren
The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Dren between 2004 and 2023, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dren currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dren performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Dren shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dren 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 34 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.
Dren at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dren popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2004
- Peak year (2023)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
34 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 10 births in a single year.
Dren by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 24 births that decade — 71% of Dren's all-time total
Dren decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Dren's strongest decade
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 71% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2004–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.