Dresden
Dresden was given to 18 boys in 2025, #5,259 among boys’ names; 1,155 Americans have been recorded with it since 1964 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,140 Americans named Dresden and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (99% of everyone recorded); the median is 14 years old and half are between 9 and 18.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Dresden by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Dresden?
#5,259 among boys’ names, 2025
Dresden fell from #2,307 in 2015 to #5,259 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 29.7 to 10.5 per million.
84 babies in 2012, the peak
Dresden peaked in 2012, when 84 babies were given it (73 boys, #1,949 among boys’ names). The 18 births of 2025 are 21% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | under 5 | 18 | #5,259 | |
| 2024 | under 5 | 22 | #4,594 | |
| 2023 | under 5 | 24 | #4,370 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 35 | #3,353 | |
| 2021 | under 5 | 33 | #3,438 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 30 | #3,593 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 34 | #3,370 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 39 | #3,005 | |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,414 | 42 | #2,851 |
| 2016 | under 5 | 56 | #2,345 |
Every recorded year (38)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10 | #10,335 | 57 | #2,307 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,352 | 53 | #2,406 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,771 | 53 | #2,371 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,905 | 73 | #1,949 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,484 | 48 | #2,553 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,610 | 61 | #2,176 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,784 | 50 | #2,538 |
| 2008 | 7 | #14,260 | 60 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | under 5 | 54 | #2,382 | |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,666 | 23 | #4,127 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,624 | 15 | #5,366 |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,121 | 6 | #10,323 |
| 2003 | under 5 | 14 | #5,342 | |
| 2002 | 6 | #14,093 | 8 | #7,850 |
| 2001 | 6 | #14,028 | 11 | #6,133 |
| 2000 | under 5 | 9 | #6,980 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 10 | #6,158 | |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,471 | 11 | #5,565 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,539 | 5 | #9,676 |
| 1996 | under 5 | 8 | #6,666 | |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,833 | 5 | #9,243 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,809 | under 5 | |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,807 | under 5 | |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,947 | 5 | #8,241 |
| 1987 | 7 | #9,038 | under 5 | |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,936 | under 5 | |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,037 | under 5 | |
| 1964 | 5 | #7,037 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Dresden a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,155 Americans recorded as Dresden, 16% are girls and 84% boys. In 2025 it went to 18 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Dresden: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Dresden, and how old are they?
1,140 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 99% of the 1,155 Americans ever recorded as Dresden. The median Dresden alive today is 14 years old; half are between 9 and 18.
The 2020 Census counted 1,051 people named Dresden (275 women and girls, 776 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 991 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 5 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 53 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 543 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 536 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Dresden born?
The states with the most babies named Dresden are California, Texas and Ohio, with 80% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 105 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Texas | 49 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Ohio | 15 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Utah | 13 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Florida | 11 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Washington | 7 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| North Carolina | 6 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Dresden with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Dresden
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Dresden and names like it
- Compare Dresden and AmereBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sDresden peaked in 2012.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Dresden since 1910.
- The top names of 2012The year the most babies were named Dresden.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Dresden alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with DMost given first.