Drue
Drue is given to both girls and boys: 69 girls and 35 boys were given it in 2025 (#2,551 among girls’ names and #3,330 among boys’, #3,451 among all names counting both); 2,436 Americans have been recorded with it since 1893 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,080 Americans named Drue and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (85% of everyone recorded); the median is 26 years old and half are between 8 and 41.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Drue by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Drue?
#3,330 among boys’ names, 2025
Drue rose from #6,781 in 2015 to #3,330 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 6.3 to 20.5 per million.
104 babies in 2025, the peak
Drue peaked in 2025, when 104 babies were given it (35 boys, #3,330 among boys’ names). In 2024 it went to 38 boys.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69 | #2,551 | 35 | #3,330 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,944 | 38 | #3,176 |
| 2023 | 52 | #3,150 | 46 | #2,775 |
| 2022 | 53 | #3,084 | 37 | #3,228 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,992 | 25 | #4,140 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,523 | 17 | #5,305 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,847 | 18 | #5,212 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,492 | 16 | #5,596 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,180 | 18 | #5,153 |
| 2016 | 8 | #12,075 | 16 | #5,616 |
Every recorded year (105)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13 | #8,585 | 12 | #6,781 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,168 | 9 | #8,308 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,249 | 9 | #8,289 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,553 | 9 | #8,332 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,523 | 11 | #7,127 |
| 2010 | 15 | #8,001 | 13 | #6,447 |
| 2009 | 13 | #9,038 | 10 | #7,854 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,154 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,652 | 11 | #7,224 |
| 2006 | 11 | #10,094 | 12 | #6,568 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,625 | 17 | #4,877 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,740 | 19 | #4,460 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,307 | 20 | #4,151 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,469 | 17 | #4,550 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,418 | 10 | #6,579 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,537 | 20 | #3,956 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,348 | 24 | #3,298 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,462 | 26 | #3,038 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,035 | 38 | #2,238 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,918 | 22 | #3,225 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,689 | 23 | #3,039 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,305 | 28 | #2,639 |
| 1993 | 6 | #12,214 | 23 | #2,958 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,942 | 18 | #3,488 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,585 | 9 | #5,633 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,503 | 21 | #2,982 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,909 | 23 | #2,709 |
| 1988 | under 5 | 15 | #3,393 | |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,203 | 20 | #2,656 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,250 | 23 | #2,373 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,579 | 22 | #2,372 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,402 | 12 | #3,517 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,857 | 16 | #2,821 |
| 1981 | under 5 | 11 | #3,671 | |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,400 | 8 | #4,614 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,623 | 16 | #2,806 |
| 1978 | under 5 | 14 | #2,962 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 10 | #3,679 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 13 | #2,984 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 13 | #2,943 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 21 | #2,068 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 11 | #3,066 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 12 | #2,863 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 9 | #3,442 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 10 | #3,125 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 17 | #2,067 | |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,451 | 14 | #2,227 |
| 1967 | 8 | #5,109 | 11 | #2,513 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,410 | 6 | #3,633 |
| 1965 | under 5 | 5 | #4,051 | |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,622 | 15 | #2,136 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,871 | 17 | #1,983 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,846 | 6 | #3,745 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,446 | 13 | #2,351 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,754 | 9 | #2,926 |
| 1959 | under 5 | 10 | #2,696 | |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,346 | 8 | #3,099 |
| 1957 | 10 | #4,003 | 6 | #3,670 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,541 | 9 | #2,844 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,482 | 6 | #3,601 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,313 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 1953 | 9 | #4,020 | under 5 | |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,617 | under 5 | |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,552 | 5 | #3,856 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,279 | 6 | #3,413 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,242 | under 5 | |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,964 | 5 | #3,812 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,938 | 8 | #2,930 |
| 1946 | under 5 | 6 | #3,266 | |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,163 | under 5 | |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,196 | 6 | #3,202 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,314 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,244 | 7 | #3,007 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,416 | 9 | #2,503 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,561 | 6 | #3,263 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,411 | under 5 | |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,364 | 5 | #3,683 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,337 | under 5 | |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,928 | 7 | #3,056 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,577 | under 5 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 6 | #3,690 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 5 | #4,303 | |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,565 | 11 | #2,632 |
| 1924 | under 5 | 7 | #3,589 | |
| 1923 | 7 | #4,084 | under 5 | |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,205 | 8 | #3,323 |
| 1921 | under 5 | 11 | #2,674 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 5 | #4,469 | |
| 1919 | 5 | #5,000 | 8 | #3,182 |
| 1918 | 5 | #5,020 | under 5 | |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,090 | 13 | #2,179 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,521 | 6 | #3,509 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,476 | under 5 | |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,610 | under 5 | |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,485 | 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 Drue a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,436 Americans recorded as Drue, 46% are girls and 54% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Drue: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Drue, and how old are they?
2,080 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 85% of the 2,436 Americans ever recorded as Drue. The median Drue alive today is 26 years old; half are between 8 and 41.
The 2020 Census counted 1,603 people named Drue (731 women and girls, 872 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,676 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 39 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 217 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 198 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 418 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 544 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 664 |
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).
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 7,304 babies since 1880, Drue is the second most given (33% of them). In 2025 it was given to 104 of their 204 babies (51%), the most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Drue and names like it
- Compare Drue and DruBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sDrue peaked in 2025.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Drue since 1910.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Drue.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Drue alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with DMost given first.