Meaning not yet researched.
Drue: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 69 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,485 in 1893.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,485 in 1893; #2,551 in 2025. About 66% of babies named Drue in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,551 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1893, at #1,485.
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Drue: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 69 girls in 2025. Peak: #1,485 in 1893 · most girls in one year: 69 (2025).
In 2025, 69 US girls were named Drue, making it the 2,551st most common girls’ name of the year, up 393 places from #2,944 in 2024. That is 13 more than the 56 girls named Drue in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1,485, reached in 1893. The most girls given the name in a single year was 69, in 2025. For comparison, it was #8,589 in 2015 and #3,280 in 1950.
In 2025, 35 US boys were named Drue, making it the 3,331st most common boys’ name of the year, down 153 places from #3,178 in 2024. That is 3 fewer than the 38 boys named Drue in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,984, reached in 1963. The most boys given the name in a single year was 46, in 2023. For comparison, it was #6,786 in 2015 and #3,415 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Drue in 105 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1893 with 5 babies. In all, 2,436 US babies have been given the name, 46% of them girls and 54% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 476 babies named Drue.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 331 US girls were named Drue; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 69. In 2025 that was about 1 in 23,294 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Drue ranked highest in Louisiana in 2025, at #498 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Dru (4,654 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
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Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Drue in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 9 | #498 | — |
| Washington | 5 | #1,094 | — |
| Texas | 7 | #2,707 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69 | #2,551 | 35 | #3,331 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,944 | 38 | #3,178 |
| 2023 | 52 | #3,150 | 46 | #2,776 |
| 2022 | 53 | #3,084 | 37 | #3,230 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,996 | 25 | #4,144 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,527 | 17 | #5,309 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,851 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,496 | 16 | #5,600 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,184 | 18 | #5,157 |
| 2016 | 8 | #12,080 | 16 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,589 | 12 | #6,786 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,172 | 9 | #8,314 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,254 | 9 | #8,294 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,557 | 9 | #8,338 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,527 | 11 | #7,134 |
| 2010 | 15 | #8,004 | 13 | #6,453 |
| 2009 | 13 | #9,042 | 10 | #7,859 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,158 | 12 | #6,866 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,656 | 11 | #7,228 |
| 2006 | 11 | #10,099 | 12 | #6,573 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,630 | 17 | #4,882 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,744 | 19 | #4,465 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,312 | 20 | #4,156 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,475 | 17 | #4,556 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,423 | 10 | #6,586 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,542 | 20 | #3,962 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,352 | 24 | #3,302 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,467 | 26 | #3,041 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,038 | 38 | #2,241 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,923 | 22 | #3,231 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,694 | 23 | #3,044 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,311 | 28 | #2,644 |
| 1993 | 6 | #12,220 | 23 | #2,964 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,949 | 18 | #3,494 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,592 | 9 | #5,640 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,509 | 21 | #2,988 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,915 | 23 | #2,715 |
| 1988 | — | — | 15 | #3,398 |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,208 | 20 | #2,660 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,253 | 23 | #2,375 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,582 | 22 | #2,373 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,406 | 12 | #3,520 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,859 | 16 | #2,822 |
| 1981 | — | — | 11 | #3,673 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,402 | 8 | #4,616 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,626 | 16 | #2,807 |
| 1978 | — | — | 14 | #2,963 |
| 1977 | — | — | 10 | #3,681 |
| 1976 | — | — | 13 | #2,985 |
| 1975 | — | — | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1974 | — | — | 21 | #2,068 |
| 1973 | — | — | 11 | #3,068 |
| 1972 | — | — | 12 | #2,865 |
| 1971 | — | — | 9 | #3,444 |
| 1970 | — | — | 10 | #3,127 |
| 1969 | — | — | 17 | #2,068 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,453 | 14 | #2,228 |
| 1967 | 8 | #5,110 | 11 | #2,514 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,411 | 6 | #3,634 |
| 1965 | — | — | 5 | #4,052 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,623 | 15 | #2,137 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,872 | 17 | #1,984 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,847 | 6 | #3,746 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,447 | 13 | #2,352 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,755 | 9 | #2,927 |
| 1959 | — | — | 10 | #2,697 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,347 | 8 | #3,100 |
| 1957 | 10 | #4,004 | 6 | #3,671 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,542 | 9 | #2,845 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,483 | 6 | #3,602 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,315 | 9 | #2,795 |
| 1953 | 9 | #4,021 | — | — |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,618 | — | — |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,553 | 5 | #3,857 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,280 | 6 | #3,415 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,243 | — | — |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,966 | 5 | #3,814 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,939 | 8 | #2,931 |
| 1946 | — | — | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,165 | — | — |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,197 | 6 | #3,203 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,315 | 5 | #3,679 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,246 | 7 | #3,008 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,418 | 9 | #2,503 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,563 | 6 | #3,264 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,413 | — | — |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,366 | 5 | #3,684 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,338 | — | — |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,930 | 7 | #3,057 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,579 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | 6 | #3,692 |
| 1928 | — | — | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,566 | 11 | #2,634 |
| 1924 | — | — | 7 | #3,590 |
| 1923 | 7 | #4,085 | — | — |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,207 | 8 | #3,325 |
| 1921 | — | — | 11 | #2,675 |
| 1920 | — | — | 5 | #4,471 |
| 1919 | 5 | #5,002 | 8 | #3,183 |
| 1918 | 5 | #5,022 | — | — |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,092 | 13 | #2,180 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,523 | 6 | #3,510 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,477 | — | — |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,612 | — | — |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,485 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).