Drenda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Drenda

The Social Security Administration has registered 565 babies named Drenda between 1942 and 1990, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Drenda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1944, when 50 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Drenda performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 179 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Drenda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Drenda in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Drenda 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 565 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.