Dresden — #4629 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dresden

The Social Security Administration has registered 954 babies named Dresden between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dresden currently holds the #4629 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 73 babies received it in a single year. Dresden is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 183 additional births since 1964.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dresden performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 516 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Dresden shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 105 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Dresden in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dresden 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 954 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.