Boys' name · since 1926
Drexell
Drexell has 16 recorded births since 1926 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1936 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,654 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 16
- born since 1926
- 1930s
- peak decade
Drexell sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 16 recorded since 1926.
Drexell has 16 recorded births among boys since 1926, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1926 to 1936.
- #30,654 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 16 born since 1926
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Drexell ranks #30,654 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1926, peaking in the 1930s.
- #30,654 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 16
- born since 1926
- 1930s
- peak decade
Drexell's 16 recorded births place it above 31.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Drexell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Drexell splits its recorded history at 1930: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1926 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1936 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Drexell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–1936
- Peak year (1936)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Drexell by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
1930s was Drexell's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Drexell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Drexell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1936)
Similar record span (~10 yrs)
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, 1926–1936 (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 Drexell 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.