Drew

#705 for girls in 2025, 399 births · #553 for boys in 2025, 541 births
Given to boys 89.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1985 · 2,276 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
78,592
since 1880

Drew over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201949peak #615, 1999peak #126, 1985girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#705399#553541
2024#696404#542551
2023#759370#539549
2022#843332#521568
2021#819339#508579
2020#942272#531538
2019#1,259184#517552
2018#1,279179#461631
2017#1,190205#454675
2016#1,164216#398800
2015#1,183213#363896
2014#1,161213#3231,062
2013#1,091226#2991,179
2012#1,069234#2821,239
2011#1,354170#2851,232
2010#1,384167#2471,414
2009#1,353176#2731,263
2008#1,395170#2441,479
2007#1,199210#2151,831
2006#1,222197#2071,860
2005#970252#1981,950
2004#987240#2121,667
2003#1,100200#2221,572
2002#1,014214#2171,575
2001#865264#2191,565
2000#803283#1881,948
1999#615395#1752,009
1998#779276#1881,803
1997#828250#1711,994
1996#734287#1652,101
1995#730280#1602,180
1994#956194#1711,856
1993#1,089166#1731,854
1992#1,329126#1821,779
1991#1,60994#1771,804
1990#1,71685#1601,954
1989#1,68681#1502,013
1988#1,75772#1591,754
1987#1,349101#1601,759
1986#1,224112#1382,000
1985#1,172121#1262,276
1984#1,45979#1531,765
1983#1,52274#1821,376
1982#2,58136#2301,012
1981#4,00519#242917
1980#8,1787#288720
1979#4,62615#312625
1978#8,5626#322547
1977#358484
1976#7,2967#375418
1975#7,9846#397376
1974#7,6806#398377
1973#453302
1972#442322
1971#7,3886#460314
1970#7,9955#402403
1969#411374
1968#390400
1967#394373
1966#362430
1965#4,20210#383409
1964#5,4747#390418
1963#4,8968#389421
1962#5,8606#382438
1961#3,60813#329570
1960#3,68812#328553
1959#2,86917#334540
1958#4,8907#369440
1957#2,56320#348470
1956#3,04815#338486
1955#3,57111#459260
1954#3,49011#448260
1953#3,48011#481213
1952#4,1238#474214
1951#3,28411#483195
1950#3,42310#471202
1949#5,2445#459206
1948#488185
1947#4,3457#460213
1946#2,88012#415234
1945#4,5565#64588
1944#3,3788#73072
1943#4,6915#75174
1942#4,1246#88855
1941#91848
1940#90449
1939#4,2505#94244
1938#1,07636
1937#1,52820
1936#1,22529
1935#1,35425
1934#1,60819
1933#4,2185#1,20230
1932#1,21631
1931#4,3315#1,25330
1930#1,11639
1929#1,56422
1928#1,56923
1927#1,56124
1926#1,46625
1925#1,67921
1924#1,72721
1923#4,9675#1,64422
1922#1,25933
1921#4,4646#1,58823
1920#1,41627
1919#1,40826
1918#3,8697#1,71020
1917#1,36226
1916#1,33526
1915#1,30626
1914#1,38819
1913#1,11221
1912#1,35313
1911#1,3877
1910#82214
1909#1,4405
1908
1907#9998
1906#1,1116
1905#1,0916
1904#8748
1903
1902
1901
1900#9688
1899
1898
1897#9426
1896#1,1015
1895#1,0795
1894#9546
1893#1,0355
1892#9566
1891
1890#9945
1889#9745
1888#64810
1887
1886#54012
1885
1884#7018
1883#55611
1882#57611
1881#6538
1880#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Drew was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Drew
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 11 spots since 2024 (#542#553)
  • 22 spots since 2020 (#531#553)
  • 190 spots since 2015 (#363#553)
  • Biggest jump: 618 spots in 1910 (#1,440#822)
  • Biggest drop: 565 spots in 1911 (#822#1,387)
Rise & fade · boys
105 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1985 at #126 (2,276 births)
  • Births halved by 2014, 29 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 103 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 103 yrs · run 1939–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 812
  • Highest: 1 in 812 boys born in 1985 were named Drew (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,157 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 24.6% of all boys named Drew (19,334) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s71#540 (1886)#682
1890s38#942 (1897)#1,009
1900s41#874 (1904)#1,081
1910s198#822 (1910)#1,318
1920s241#1,259 (1922)#1,547
1930s303#942 (1939)#1,252
1940s1,224#415 (1946)#666
1950s3,280#334 (1959)#421
1960s4,386#328 (1960)#376
1970s4,168#312 (1979)#392
1980s15,592#126 (1985)#183
1990s19,334#160 (1995)#172
2000s16,710#188 (2000)#220
2010s9,680#247 (2010)#363
2020s3,326#508 (2021)#532

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Drew in 1949

girls
#5,244
5 births · 1 in 342,175 girls
boys
#459
206 births · 1 in 8,611 boys

Top girls' names in 1949

  1. #1Linda91,015
  2. #2Mary66,874
  3. #3Patricia46,324
  4. #4Barbara42,600
  5. #5Susan37,709
  6. #6Sandra30,643
  7. #7Nancy29,249
  8. #8Carol26,780
  9. #9Kathleen26,357
  10. #10Sharon25,713
  11. #5,244Drew5

Top boys' names in 1949

  1. #1James86,858
  2. #2Robert83,873
  3. #3John81,178
  4. #4William61,506
  5. #5Michael60,047
  6. #6David59,611
  7. #7Richard50,946
  8. #8Thomas45,192
  9. #9Charles40,052
  10. #10Larry31,819
  11. #459Drew206
More about 1949

girls

1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 342,175 of them was named Drew, which outranked 13.6% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Drew
  1. #4,673Youlanda6
  2. #4,673Yvonia6
  3. #4,673Zenola6
  4. #5,244Drew5
  5. #5,244Abbe5
  6. #5,244Adine5
  7. #5,244Adora5

Tied with 822 names at #5,244; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. 937Sharman#1,708#771
  2. 665Roseanna#1,422#757
  3. 483Shauna#1,173#690
  4. 293Jacalyn#1,116#823
  5. 267Sanjuana#1,185#918
Fallers
  1. 339Sandie#939#1,278
  2. 296Syble#955#1,251
  3. 272Shirleen#964#1,236
  4. 266Ginny#734#1,000
  5. 260Dina#861#1,121

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 8,611 of them was named Drew, which outranked 89.1% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Drew
  1. #456Colin210
  2. #456Gail210
  3. #458Reuben207
  4. #459Drew206
  5. #459Elwood206
  6. #459Roscoe206
  7. #462Wiley205
  8. #463Dewayne203
  9. #464Terrell202

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. 538Lannie#1,107#569
  2. 411Lenwood#1,296#885
  3. 338Robby#1,296#958
  4. 326Ocie#1,323#997
  5. 319Denzil#1,127#808
Fallers
  1. 473Loyal#989#1,462
  2. 446Rich#963#1,409
  3. 395Brock#733#1,128
  4. 376Baron#972#1,348
  5. 333Murry#989#1,322

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1949