Drew
Drew is given to both girls and boys: 399 girls and 541 boys were given it in 2025 (#706 among girls’ names and #553 among boys’, #691 among all names counting both); 88,085 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 82,100 Americans named Drew and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (93% of everyone recorded); the median is 29 years old and half are between 19 and 39.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Drew by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Drew mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Drew is “a diminutive of the male given name Andrew.”
Also “a male given name from the Germanic languages.”
From Anglo-Norman Drew, Drieu, Drue, from Old French Drogon, Dreus, Drues (made popular by Charlemagne’s son Drogo) from Old Dutch Drogo, of uncertain ultimate origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *dragan (“to carry, pull”), or from Proto-Germanic *draugaz (“phantom, apparition”).
/dɹuː/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Drew?
#553 among boys’ names, 2025
Drew fell from #363 in 2015 to #553 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.47 to 0.32 per 1,000.
2,460 babies in 1995, the peak
Drew peaked in 1995, when 2,460 babies were given it (2,180 boys, #160 among boys’ names). The 940 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 38% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 399 | #706 | 541 | #553 |
| 2024 | 404 | #696 | 551 | #542 |
| 2023 | 370 | #761 | 549 | #539 |
| 2022 | 332 | #846 | 568 | #521 |
| 2021 | 339 | #819 | 579 | #509 |
| 2020 | 272 | #942 | 538 | #531 |
| 2019 | 184 | #1,263 | 552 | #518 |
| 2018 | 179 | #1,280 | 631 | #461 |
| 2017 | 205 | #1,192 | 675 | #454 |
| 2016 | 216 | #1,166 | 800 | #399 |
Every recorded year (137)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 213 | #1,185 | 896 | #363 |
| 2014 | 213 | #1,161 | 1,062 | #323 |
| 2013 | 226 | #1,091 | 1,179 | #299 |
| 2012 | 234 | #1,069 | 1,239 | #282 |
| 2011 | 170 | #1,354 | 1,232 | #285 |
| 2010 | 167 | #1,384 | 1,414 | #247 |
| 2009 | 176 | #1,356 | 1,263 | #273 |
| 2008 | 170 | #1,398 | 1,479 | #244 |
| 2007 | 210 | #1,199 | 1,831 | #215 |
| 2006 | 197 | #1,223 | 1,860 | #207 |
| 2005 | 252 | #971 | 1,950 | #198 |
| 2004 | 240 | #987 | 1,667 | #212 |
| 2003 | 200 | #1,101 | 1,572 | #222 |
| 2002 | 214 | #1,015 | 1,575 | #217 |
| 2001 | 264 | #865 | 1,565 | #219 |
| 2000 | 283 | #803 | 1,948 | #188 |
| 1999 | 395 | #615 | 2,009 | #175 |
| 1998 | 276 | #779 | 1,803 | #188 |
| 1997 | 250 | #829 | 1,994 | #171 |
| 1996 | 287 | #734 | 2,101 | #165 |
| 1995 | 280 | #729 | 2,180 | #160 |
| 1994 | 194 | #956 | 1,856 | #171 |
| 1993 | 166 | #1,088 | 1,854 | #173 |
| 1992 | 126 | #1,326 | 1,779 | #182 |
| 1991 | 94 | #1,606 | 1,804 | #177 |
| 1990 | 85 | #1,718 | 1,954 | #160 |
| 1989 | 81 | #1,685 | 2,013 | #150 |
| 1988 | 72 | #1,758 | 1,754 | #159 |
| 1987 | 101 | #1,350 | 1,759 | #160 |
| 1986 | 112 | #1,226 | 2,000 | #138 |
| 1985 | 121 | #1,173 | 2,276 | #126 |
| 1984 | 79 | #1,464 | 1,765 | #153 |
| 1983 | 74 | #1,524 | 1,376 | #182 |
| 1982 | 36 | #2,598 | 1,012 | #230 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,042 | 917 | #242 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,387 | 720 | #288 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,676 | 625 | #312 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,834 | 547 | #322 |
| 1977 | under 5 | 484 | #358 | |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,506 | 418 | #375 |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,270 | 376 | #397 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,957 | 377 | #398 |
| 1973 | under 5 | 302 | #453 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 322 | #442 | |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,641 | 314 | #460 |
| 1970 | 5 | #8,335 | 403 | #403 |
| 1969 | under 5 | 374 | #411 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 400 | #390 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 373 | #395 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 430 | #363 | |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,276 | 409 | #383 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,621 | 418 | #390 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,996 | 421 | #389 |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,052 | 438 | #382 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,654 | 570 | #329 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,753 | 553 | #328 |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,896 | 540 | #334 |
| 1958 | 7 | #5,033 | 440 | #370 |
| 1957 | 20 | #2,584 | 470 | #348 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,086 | 486 | #338 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,634 | 260 | #458 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,550 | 260 | #447 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,533 | 213 | #481 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,220 | 214 | #474 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,329 | 195 | #482 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,494 | 202 | #471 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,452 | 206 | #458 |
| 1948 | under 5 | 185 | #488 | |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,468 | 213 | #460 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,915 | 234 | #415 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,724 | 88 | #646 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,458 | 72 | #733 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,851 | 74 | #755 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,242 | 55 | #891 |
| 1941 | under 5 | 48 | #919 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 49 | #911 | |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,415 | 44 | #945 |
| 1938 | under 5 | 36 | #1,080 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 20 | #1,547 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 29 | #1,232 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 25 | #1,367 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 19 | #1,622 | |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,377 | 30 | #1,211 |
| 1932 | under 5 | 31 | #1,220 | |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,495 | 30 | #1,259 |
| 1930 | under 5 | 39 | #1,120 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 22 | #1,576 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 23 | #1,579 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 24 | #1,571 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 25 | #1,483 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 21 | #1,695 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 21 | #1,739 | |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,154 | 22 | #1,652 |
| 1922 | under 5 | 33 | #1,266 | |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,619 | 23 | #1,596 |
| 1920 | under 5 | 27 | #1,431 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 26 | #1,417 | |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,978 | 20 | #1,729 |
| 1917 | under 5 | 26 | #1,373 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 26 | #1,348 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 26 | #1,317 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 19 | #1,404 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 21 | #1,122 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 13 | #1,374 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 7 | #1,422 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 14 | #829 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 5 | #1,512 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 8 | #1,019 | |
| 1906 | under 5 | 6 | #1,152 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 6 | #1,128 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 8 | #904 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 8 | #984 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 6 | #974 | |
| 1896 | under 5 | 5 | #1,138 | |
| 1895 | under 5 | 5 | #1,122 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 6 | #984 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 5 | #1,082 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 6 | #988 | |
| 1890 | under 5 | 5 | #1,043 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 5 | #1,008 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 10 | #664 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 12 | #551 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 8 | #715 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 11 | #567 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 11 | #584 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 8 | #664 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 6 | #845 |
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 Drew a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 88,085 Americans recorded as Drew, 11% are girls and 89% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Drew: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Drew, and how old are they?
82,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 93% of the 88,085 Americans ever recorded as Drew. The median Drew alive today is 29 years old; half are between 19 and 39.
The 2020 Census counted 80,031 people named Drew (6,904 women and girls, 73,127 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 78,367 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 200 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,660 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 6,160 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 28,900 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 29,600 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 12,600 |
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 Drew born?
The states with the most babies named Drew are Texas, California and Florida, with 26% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 98 | #534 | 0.6× |
| California | 82 | #617 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 41 | #669 | 0.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 40 | #479 | 1.3× |
| New York | 38 | #625 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 37 | #477 | 1.3× |
| Michigan | 35 | #450 | 1.3× |
| Utah | 35 | #249 | 1.1× |
| Louisiana | 33 | #233 | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 30 | #761 | 0.6× |
Where Drew is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Drew is most over-represented in Iowa: since 1910 it was given 1.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
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 Drew 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 Drew
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 Drew and names like it
- Compare Drew and KalenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sDrew peaked in 1995.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Drew since 1910.
- Germanic namesWiktionary’s origin for Drew: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1995The year the most babies were named Drew.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Drew alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with DMost given first.