Girls' name · since 1880
Drusilla
Drusilla has 2,938 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1955 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,644 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,925 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,938
- born since 1880
- 1950s
- peak decade
Yes -- Drusilla is the #10925 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,938 recorded since 1880.
Drusilla has 2,938 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10925 as of the latest data, more common than 37% of girls, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #3,644 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,925 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,938 born since 1880
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Drusilla ranks #3,644 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,925 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,938 born since 1880, peaking in the 1950s.
- #3,644 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,925 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,938
- born since 1880
- 1950s
- peak decade
Drusilla's 2,938 recorded births place it above 94.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
15 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Drusilla compares
2,938 Top 18% higher than 82% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Drusilla's all-time total is 8x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Drusilla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,938 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 88 | 21 | 19,840 |
Drusilla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Drusilla's SSA record in two at 1950 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1894, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1955 peak of 88, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Drusilla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1955)
- 88
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Drusilla by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (622 births, 21% of the file).
1950s was Drusilla's strongest decade.
622 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Drusilla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 61
1880s
61 births
- 1890s 75
1890s
75 births
- 1900s 106
1900s
106 births
- 1910s
1910s
315 births
- 1920s
1920s
380 births
- 1930s
1930s
296 births
- 1940s
1940s
355 births
- 1950s
1950s
622 births
- 1960s
1960s
348 births
- 1970s 88
1970s
88 births
- 1980s 62
1980s
62 births
- 1990s 101
1990s
101 births
- 2000s 49
2000s
49 births
- 2010s 37
2010s
37 births
- 2020s 43
2020s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 622 births (21% of all-time use).
How Drusilla compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Drusilla's total volume
Drusilla by state
Where Drusilla concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 71 | 2.4% |
| #2 | California | | 50 | 1.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 43 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 30 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 29 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 26 | 0.9% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 12 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Oklahoma | | 12 | 0.4% |
71 of 2,938 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Drusilla appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Drusilla's data
- Drusilla's decade-level peak was the 1950s (622 total births); usage has since declined to 43 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Drusillas (71 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
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 Drusilla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1955)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Drusilla 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.