girls:
1k births since 1893
#4710 (18th percentile)
boys:
1.2k births since 1915
#3377 (26th percentile)
overall:
2.2k births since 1893
#5558 (28th percentile)
The name Drue is the #5,558 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,237 recorded births since 1893. This represents the 28.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 28.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,377 (26.3% percentile) for all time with 1,231 births since 1915. For girls, it ranks #4,710 (17.6% percentile) for all time with 1,006 births since 1893.
Drue first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1893 (1893 for girls and 1915 for boys). Birth data for Drue is available in 103 out of the 131 years between 1893 and 2023 (91 years for boys and 83 years for girls). 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 Drue has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (55.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 47.4% of babies named Drue were boys.
For boys, Drue reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 4.5% percentile (ranked #870) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 25 births per million (ranked 4.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Drue is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #870 (4.5% percentile) with 25 births per million.
For girls, Drue reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 5.0% percentile (ranked #910) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 30 births per million (ranked 5.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Drue is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #901 (4.9% percentile) with 29 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Drue".
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