Boys' name · since 1985
Drey
448 babies named Drey in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,420 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,369 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 448
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Drey currently ranks #7369 among boys' names in America, with 448 babies recorded since 1985.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Drey has been recorded 448 times among boys since 1985, currently ranked #7369 nationally and more common than 47% 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 1985 to 2025.
- #8,420 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,369 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 448 born since 1985
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Drey ranks #8,420 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,369 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 448 born since 1985, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,420 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,369 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 448
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Drey's 448 recorded births place it above 81.46% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Drey compares
448 Top 46% higher than 54% of 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
Drey's all-time total is 21% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Drey | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 448 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 34 | 22,252 |
Drey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Drey splits its recorded history at 2006: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1985 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1995 peak of 29 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Drey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2025
- Peak year (1995)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Drey by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (171 births, 38% of the file).
1990s was Drey's strongest decade.
171 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Drey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
171 births
- 2000s
2000s
122 births
- 2010s
2010s
93 births
- 2020s 51
2020s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 171 births (38% of all-time use).
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What to do with Drey's data
- Drey's decade-level peak was the 1990s (171 total births); usage has since declined to 51 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 Drey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1985–2025 (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 Drey 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.