Drew
#705 for girls in 2025, 399 births · #553 for boys in 2025, 541 births
Given to boys 89.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1985 · 2,276 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 78,592since 1880
Drew over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #705 | 399 | #553 | 541 |
| 2024 | #696 | 404 | #542 | 551 |
| 2023 | #759 | 370 | #539 | 549 |
| 2022 | #843 | 332 | #521 | 568 |
| 2021 | #819 | 339 | #508 | 579 |
| 2020 | #942 | 272 | #531 | 538 |
| 2019 | #1,259 | 184 | #517 | 552 |
| 2018 | #1,279 | 179 | #461 | 631 |
| 2017 | #1,190 | 205 | #454 | 675 |
| 2016 | #1,164 | 216 | #398 | 800 |
| 2015 | #1,183 | 213 | #363 | 896 |
| 2014 | #1,161 | 213 | #323 | 1,062 |
| 2013 | #1,091 | 226 | #299 | 1,179 |
| 2012 | #1,069 | 234 | #282 | 1,239 |
| 2011 | #1,354 | 170 | #285 | 1,232 |
| 2010 | #1,384 | 167 | #247 | 1,414 |
| 2009 | #1,353 | 176 | #273 | 1,263 |
| 2008 | #1,395 | 170 | #244 | 1,479 |
| 2007 | #1,199 | 210 | #215 | 1,831 |
| 2006 | #1,222 | 197 | #207 | 1,860 |
| 2005 | #970 | 252 | #198 | 1,950 |
| 2004 | #987 | 240 | #212 | 1,667 |
| 2003 | #1,100 | 200 | #222 | 1,572 |
| 2002 | #1,014 | 214 | #217 | 1,575 |
| 2001 | #865 | 264 | #219 | 1,565 |
| 2000 | #803 | 283 | #188 | 1,948 |
| 1999 | #615 | 395 | #175 | 2,009 |
| 1998 | #779 | 276 | #188 | 1,803 |
| 1997 | #828 | 250 | #171 | 1,994 |
| 1996 | #734 | 287 | #165 | 2,101 |
| 1995 | #730 | 280 | #160 | 2,180 |
| 1994 | #956 | 194 | #171 | 1,856 |
| 1993 | #1,089 | 166 | #173 | 1,854 |
| 1992 | #1,329 | 126 | #182 | 1,779 |
| 1991 | #1,609 | 94 | #177 | 1,804 |
| 1990 | #1,716 | 85 | #160 | 1,954 |
| 1989 | #1,686 | 81 | #150 | 2,013 |
| 1988 | #1,757 | 72 | #159 | 1,754 |
| 1987 | #1,349 | 101 | #160 | 1,759 |
| 1986 | #1,224 | 112 | #138 | 2,000 |
| 1985 | #1,172 | 121 | #126 | 2,276 |
| 1984 | #1,459 | 79 | #153 | 1,765 |
| 1983 | #1,522 | 74 | #182 | 1,376 |
| 1982 | #2,581 | 36 | #230 | 1,012 |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 | #242 | 917 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #288 | 720 |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | #312 | 625 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #322 | 547 |
| 1977 | — | #358 | 484 | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #375 | 418 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #397 | 376 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #398 | 377 |
| 1973 | — | #453 | 302 | |
| 1972 | — | #442 | 322 | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #460 | 314 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #402 | 403 |
| 1969 | — | #411 | 374 | |
| 1968 | — | #390 | 400 | |
| 1967 | — | #394 | 373 | |
| 1966 | — | #362 | 430 | |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | #383 | 409 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #390 | 418 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #389 | 421 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #382 | 438 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | #329 | 570 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | #328 | 553 |
| 1959 | #2,869 | 17 | #334 | 540 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #369 | 440 |
| 1957 | #2,563 | 20 | #348 | 470 |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 | #338 | 486 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 | #459 | 260 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | #448 | 260 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | #481 | 213 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #474 | 214 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 | #483 | 195 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | #471 | 202 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #459 | 206 |
| 1948 | — | #488 | 185 | |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #460 | 213 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 | #415 | 234 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #645 | 88 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #730 | 72 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #751 | 74 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #888 | 55 |
| 1941 | — | #918 | 48 | |
| 1940 | — | #904 | 49 | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #942 | 44 |
| 1938 | — | #1,076 | 36 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,528 | 20 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,225 | 29 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,354 | 25 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,608 | 19 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #1,202 | 30 |
| 1932 | — | #1,216 | 31 | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #1,253 | 30 |
| 1930 | — | #1,116 | 39 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,564 | 22 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,569 | 23 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,561 | 24 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,466 | 25 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,679 | 21 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,727 | 21 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1922 | — | #1,259 | 33 | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #1,588 | 23 |
| 1920 | — | #1,416 | 27 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,408 | 26 | |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #1,710 | 20 |
| 1917 | — | #1,362 | 26 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,335 | 26 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,306 | 26 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,388 | 19 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,112 | 21 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,353 | 13 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | #822 | 14 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #968 | 8 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | #648 | 10 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #701 | 8 | |
| 1883 | — | #556 | 11 | |
| 1882 | — | #576 | 11 | |
| 1881 | — | #653 | 8 | |
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1985 at #126 (2,276 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 29 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 103 yrs · run 1939–2025
- Highest: 1 in 812 boys born in 1985 were named Drew (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,157 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 24.6% of all boys named Drew (19,334) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 71 | #540 (1886) | #682 |
| 1890s | 38 | #942 (1897) | #1,009 |
| 1900s | 41 | #874 (1904) | #1,081 |
| 1910s | 198 | #822 (1910) | #1,318 |
| 1920s | 241 | #1,259 (1922) | #1,547 |
| 1930s | 303 | #942 (1939) | #1,252 |
| 1940s | 1,224 | #415 (1946) | #666 |
| 1950s | 3,280 | #334 (1959) | #421 |
| 1960s | 4,386 | #328 (1960) | #376 |
| 1970s | 4,168 | #312 (1979) | #392 |
| 1980s | 15,592 | #126 (1985) | #183 |
| 1990s | 19,334 | #160 (1995) | #172 |
| 2000s | 16,710 | #188 (2000) | #220 |
| 2010s | 9,680 | #247 (2010) | #363 |
| 2020s | 3,326 | #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 1994
Top girls' names in 1994
Top boys' names in 1994
More about 1994
girls
1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 9,205 of them was named Drew, which outranked 93.9% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #952Denisse195
- #952Shyann195
- #952Valentina195
- #956Drew194
- #956Danyelle194
- #956Jerrica194
- #956Leilani194
- #961Janine193
- #961Leann193
- #961Lizeth193
Tied with 4 names at #956; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 1,041 of them was named Drew, which outranked 98.3% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.