Drusilla
Drusilla was given to 8 girls in 2025, #11,188 among girls’ names; 2,938 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,430 Americans named Drusilla and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (49% of everyone recorded); the median is 68 years old and half are between 55 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Drusilla by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Drusilla mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Drusilla is “a female given name from Latin.”
Borrowed from Latin Drūsilla, feminine diminutive form of the cognomen Drūsus.
/dɹuˈsɪlə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Drusilla?
#11,188 among girls’ names, 2025
Drusilla rose from #15,005 in 2015 to #11,188 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 3.4 to 5.0 per million.
88 babies in 1955, the peak
Drusilla peaked in 1955, when 88 girls were given it, #1,076 among girls’ names. The 8 births of 2025 are 9% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #11,188 | 5.0 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,516 | 4.3 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,471 | 5.0 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,501 | 5.5 |
| 2020 | 11 | #9,106 | 6.8 |
| 2019 | 6 | #14,271 | 3.6 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,831 | 3.4 |
| 2015 | 6 | #15,005 | 3.4 |
| 2014 | 5 | #17,270 | 2.8 |
| 2012 | 6 | #15,487 | 3.4 |
Every recorded year (128)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | #12,612 | 4.5 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,786 | 3.3 |
| 2007 | 7 | #14,326 | 3.6 |
| 2004 | 7 | #13,137 | 3.8 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,869 | 5.5 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,421 | 3.9 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,171 | 6.6 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,716 | 3.9 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,380 | 4.5 |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,052 | 4.6 |
| 1996 | 9 | #9,011 | 5.1 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,177 | 6.8 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,306 | 5.6 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,741 | 8.8 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,725 | 4.3 |
| 1991 | 10 | #8,136 | 5.3 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,571 | 6.8 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,987 | 3.8 |
| 1988 | 5 | #12,337 | 2.8 |
| 1987 | 7 | #9,039 | 4.0 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,765 | 4.6 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,488 | 4.8 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,666 | 4.7 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,453 | 6.0 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,936 | 5.4 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,509 | 7.5 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,538 | 5.9 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,991 | 6.5 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,189 | 6.1 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,667 | 5.5 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,423 | 8.9 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,597 | 5.9 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,786 | 4.2 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,831 | 6.3 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,663 | 8.9 |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,357 | 9.8 |
| 1967 | 22 | #2,653 | 13.3 |
| 1966 | 31 | #2,107 | 18.3 |
| 1965 | 31 | #2,125 | 17.6 |
| 1964 | 30 | #2,209 | 15.8 |
| 1963 | 43 | #1,762 | 22.3 |
| 1962 | 47 | #1,656 | 23.9 |
| 1961 | 56 | #1,501 | 27.7 |
| 1960 | 57 | #1,456 | 28.2 |
| 1959 | 52 | #1,502 | 25.7 |
| 1958 | 57 | #1,410 | 28.3 |
| 1957 | 58 | #1,389 | 28.4 |
| 1956 | 60 | #1,340 | 29.9 |
| 1955 | 88 | #1,076 | 45.0 |
| 1954 | 59 | #1,288 | 30.4 |
| 1953 | 59 | #1,264 | 31.4 |
| 1952 | 58 | #1,251 | 31.3 |
| 1951 | 68 | #1,134 | 37.8 |
| 1950 | 63 | #1,164 | 36.8 |
| 1949 | 38 | #1,492 | 22.2 |
| 1948 | 42 | #1,425 | 24.7 |
| 1947 | 40 | #1,489 | 22.6 |
| 1946 | 32 | #1,567 | 20.4 |
| 1945 | 24 | #1,706 | 18.4 |
| 1944 | 39 | #1,279 | 29.4 |
| 1943 | 36 | #1,373 | 25.8 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,371 | 25.9 |
| 1941 | 34 | #1,322 | 28.1 |
| 1940 | 35 | #1,246 | 30.6 |
| 1939 | 37 | #1,201 | 33.7 |
| 1938 | 30 | #1,349 | 27.2 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,863 | 16.9 |
| 1936 | 31 | #1,303 | 29.8 |
| 1935 | 29 | #1,364 | 27.7 |
| 1934 | 38 | #1,153 | 36.4 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,669 | 20.8 |
| 1932 | 31 | #1,327 | 29.0 |
| 1931 | 29 | #1,380 | 27.2 |
| 1930 | 32 | #1,355 | 28.4 |
| 1929 | 37 | #1,227 | 33.1 |
| 1928 | 37 | #1,258 | 32.1 |
| 1927 | 42 | #1,199 | 35.2 |
| 1926 | 46 | #1,117 | 38.8 |
| 1925 | 50 | #1,078 | 41.1 |
| 1924 | 35 | #1,386 | 28.0 |
| 1923 | 31 | #1,470 | 25.7 |
| 1922 | 32 | #1,437 | 26.6 |
| 1921 | 30 | #1,522 | 24.3 |
| 1920 | 40 | #1,214 | 33.4 |
| 1919 | 38 | #1,221 | 33.6 |
| 1918 | 36 | #1,262 | 31.1 |
| 1917 | 39 | #1,152 | 36.1 |
| 1916 | 36 | #1,193 | 34.5 |
| 1915 | 28 | #1,346 | 28.5 |
| 1914 | 38 | #959 | 49.9 |
| 1913 | 29 | #1,010 | 46.4 |
| 1912 | 30 | #928 | 53.8 |
| 1911 | 15 | #1,191 | 35.9 |
| 1910 | 26 | #848 | 65.6 |
| 1909 | 20 | #913 | 57.6 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,283 | 32.9 |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,320 | 31.4 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,602 | 23.7 |
| 1904 | 12 | #1,063 | 43.6 |
| 1903 | 14 | #941 | 53.4 |
| 1902 | 14 | #947 | 53.0 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,249 | 33.4 |
| 1900 | 10 | #1,250 | 33.4 |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,120 | 38.6 |
| 1898 | 13 | #975 | 50.2 |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,234 | 33.6 |
| 1895 | 15 | #824 | 64.2 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,545 | 22.4 |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,206 | 32.9 |
| 1891 | 9 | #956 | 48.5 |
| 1890 | 9 | #957 | 47.3 |
| 1889 | 8 | #965 | 44.9 |
| 1888 | 11 | #804 | 61.6 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,066 | 41.1 |
| 1886 | 14 | #612 | 96.9 |
| 1884 | 6 | #953 | 46.5 |
| 1883 | 8 | #712 | 71.2 |
| 1880 | 8 | #640 | 87.9 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Drusilla a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Drusilla has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 128 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Drusilla: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Drusilla, and how old are they?
1,430 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 49% of the 2,938 Americans ever recorded as Drusilla. The median Drusilla alive today is 68 years old; half are between 55 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 1,538 people named Drusilla (1,538 women and girls, 0 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,592 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 171 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 784 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 194 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 128 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 85 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 66 |
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 2 names spelled alike, given to 6,509 babies since 1880, Drusilla is the second most given (45% of them).
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.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Drusilla
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 Drusilla and names like it
- Compare Drusilla and DrucillaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sDrusilla peaked in 1955.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Drusilla since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Drusilla: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1955The year the most babies were named Drusilla.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Drusilla alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.