girls:
1.8k births since 1943
#4003 (30th percentile)
boys:
2.7k births since 1950
#2443 (47th percentile)
overall:
4.4k births since 1943
#4102 (47th percentile)
The name Dru is the #4,102 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,444 recorded births since 1943. This represents the 47.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 47.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,443 (46.7% percentile) for all time with 2,667 births since 1950. For girls, it ranks #4,003 (29.9% percentile) for all time with 1,777 births since 1943.
Dru first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1943 (1943 for girls and 1950 for boys). Birth data for Dru is available in 78 out of the 81 years between 1943 and 2023 (76 years for girls and 74 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Dru has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (60.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 61.2% of babies named Dru were boys. Interestingly, until around 1966, the name was more popular for girls (67.8% girls from 1943 to 1965), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (66.9% boys from 1966 to 2023).
For boys, Dru reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 11.7% percentile (ranked #711) with 49 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 49 births per million (ranked 11.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Dru ranks #842 for boys (7.6% percentile) with 40 births per million, which is 83.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Dru reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 8.0% percentile (ranked #862) with 40 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 40 births per million (ranked 8.0% percentile). Despite a peak around 2015, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Dru ranks #905 for girls (4.4% percentile) with 27 births per million, which is 67.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dru".
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