Dru Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Dru?

In 2018 the rare name Dru, ranked the 2,440th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

Uncommon, Dru would be a striking name choice.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #1,251 in 1999 with 99 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Dru in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1949.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Dru occurred roughly during the years 1954-1957, 1962-1965, 1977-1981, 1992-1999, and 2015-2017, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1999-2002.

Sometimes the name Dru has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Dru's popularity has been moving downward for some time. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Dru has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Dru?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a mid point.

The name Dru is quite distinctive but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

*Mouse over the charts or scroll down to the table for data details.

Popularity - No. of Babies Given Name
1880
1900
1920
1940
1960
1980
2000
2020
-12
0
25
50
75
100
Dru (Girl)
Dru (Boy)
Popularity - By Rank
1880
1900
1920
1940
1960
1980
2000
2020
9000
6750
4500
2250
0
-1125
Dru (Girl)
Dru (Boy)
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   Dru (Girl)Dru (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 34 4,146 53 2,440
2017 30 4,584 48 2,598
2016 25 5,316 33 3,376
2015 22 5,875 23 4,319
2014 26 5,187 26 3,929
2013 25 5,356 35 3,141
2012 29 4,864 27 3,819
2011 27 5,095 32 3,381
2010 16 7,620 51 2,436
2009 20 6,630 40 2,961
2008 26 5,475 37 3,122
2007 29 4,989 54 2,380
2006 32 4,487 50 2,457
2005 37 3,894 58 2,117
2004 80 2,208 72 1,752
2003 27 4,707 45 2,365
2002 15 7,155 46 2,262
2001 15 7,061 55 1,961
2000 33 3,823 79 1,519
1999 25 4,485 99 1,251
1998 15 6,466 79 1,436
1997 19 5,276 82 1,355
1996 20 4,922 37 2,228
1995 27 3,909 46 1,868
1994 13 6,787 37 2,187
1993 16 5,746 33 2,308
1992 11 7,674 34 2,228
1991 12 7,086 40 1,927
1990 12 6,996 29 2,390
1989 11 7,110 37 1,961
1988 8 8,610 25 2,389
1987 16 4,909 35 1,837
1986 20 4,071 40 1,624
1985 22 3,760 40 1,603
1984 24 3,441 43 1,464
1983 11 5,921 37 1,605
1982 10 6,482 29 1,906
1981 15 4,791 35 1,668
1980 7 8,387 23 2,235
1979 8 7,497 28 1,915
1978 6 8,831 27 1,880
1977 7 7,753 24 2,023
1976 < 5 -- 23 2,068
1975 < 5 -- 26 1,846
1974 8 6,395 18 2,304
1973 7 6,854 19 2,148
1972 10 5,202 24 1,832
1971 12 4,616 19 2,148
1970 13 4,303 31 1,531
1969 17 3,357 25 1,653
1968 8 5,262 31 1,407
1967 12 3,893 22 1,675
1966 11 4,023 26 1,520
1965 14 3,447 28 1,460
1964 20 2,845 23 1,668
1963 18 2,987 17 1,984
1962 35 1,955 20 1,826
1961 43 1,749 25 1,613
1960 36 1,897 21 1,785
1959 35 1,888 27 1,531
1958 42 1,661 19 1,856
1957 49 1,531 25 1,597
1956 51 1,492 13 2,301
1955 44 1,543 13 2,241
1954 54 1,368 13 2,236
1953 44 1,477 12 2,315
1952 31 1,792 9 2,727
1951 21 2,199 10 2,539
1950 24 1,971 8 2,834
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.

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