Boys' name · since 1991

Dreon

176 babies named Dreon in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#13,733 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#11,124 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
176
born since 1991
1990s
peak decade

176 babies have been named Dreon since 1991, making it today's #11124 boys' name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dreon has been recorded 176 times among boys since 1991, currently ranked #11124 nationally and more common than 20% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.

  • #13,733 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #11,124 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 176 born since 1991
  • 1990s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dreon ranks #13,733 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,124 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 176 born since 1991, peaking in the 1990s.

#13,733 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#11,124 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
176
born since 1991
1990s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%20.1%
Dreon vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Dreon's 176 recorded births place it above 69.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Dreon compares

176 36th 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

Dreon's all-time total is 52% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Dreon Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 176 369 358,536
Peak-year births 17 34 22,252

Dreon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Dreon splits its recorded history at 2007: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Dreon popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1994)
17
Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
05101520 19911994199820032009201620192025 6

Dreon by decade

1990s is the heaviest window (72 births, 41% of the file).

1990s was Dreon's strongest decade.

72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.

Dreon births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1990s at 72 births (41% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Dreon?
Since 1991, Social Security records show 176 babies named Dreon. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #13,733 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #11,124 of 13,930 among boys. Its busiest year on record was 1994, with 17 births.
Where does Dreon sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dreon ranks #13,733 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,124 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Dreon most popular?
Dreon was most popular in the 1990s decade with 72 total births. The single peak year was 1994.
How long has the name Dreon been used?
Dreon has been recorded in Social Security data since 1991, spanning 35 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Dreon?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Drew, Drexel, Dresden, Dre, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Dreon's data

  • Dreon's decade-level peak was the 1990s (72 total births); usage has since declined to 19 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 Dreon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1991–2025 (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 Dreon 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.