Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Drexel

#3,850 most common boys' name of all time · #9,375 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1910–2025

Rank among boys
#3,850
Rank overall
#9,375 of 105,966
First appeared
1910
Years on the list
109 of 146
All-time
1,444
Since 2016
121
Peak year
1914 #1,220
Best rank
#1,220 1914
Girls Boys peak 29/yr
192019401960198020002020

Drexel first appears in 1910. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 11 11 #7,225
2024 12 12 #6,862
2023 14 14 #6,246
2022 9 9 #8,364
2021 7 7 #9,778
2020 21 21 #4,552
2019 16 16 #5,581
2018 15 15 #5,788
2017 8 8 #8,896
2016 8 8 #8,868
2015 20 20 #4,735
2014 25 25 #4,027
2013 14 14 #5,957
2012 10 10 #7,597
2011 16 16 #5,449
2010 13 13 #6,388
2009 12 12 #6,846
2008 8 8 #9,073
2007 9 9 #8,232
2006 6 6 #10,754
2005 6 6 #10,236
2004 9 9 #7,590
2003 8 8 #7,911
2002 9 9 #7,107
2001 8 8 #7,608
2000 7 7 #8,274
1999 8 8 #7,203
1995 11 11 #5,170
1994 6 6 #7,858
1993 5 5 #8,812
1992 5 5 #8,550
1991 9 9 #5,572
1990 9 9 #5,437
1989 6 6 #7,047
1988 5 5 #7,388
1987 7 7 #5,541
1986 14 14 #3,300
1985 6 6 #5,869
1984 5 5 #6,427
1983 6 6 #5,609
1982 11 11 #3,755
1981 10 10 #3,914
1978 8 8 #4,232
1976 5 5 #5,719
1975 5 5 #5,600
1974 6 6 #4,740
1973 7 7 #4,138
1972 7 7 #4,060
1971 9 9 #3,451
1970 11 11 #2,955
1969 14 14 #2,340
1968 10 10 #2,796
1967 15 15 #2,077
1966 11 11 #2,540
1965 26 26 #1,540
1964 20 20 #1,825
1963 16 16 #2,078
1962 18 18 #1,926
1961 18 18 #1,972
1960 14 14 #2,252
1959 18 18 #1,948
1958 25 25 #1,577
1957 27 27 #1,537
1956 15 15 #2,137
1955 19 19 #1,819
1954 15 15 #2,075
1953 21 21 #1,696
1952 22 22 #1,651
1951 19 19 #1,754
1950 13 13 #2,169
1949 12 12 #2,283
1948 16 16 #1,923
1947 14 14 #2,129
1946 12 12 #2,208
1945 11 11 #2,192
1944 12 12 #2,145
1943 5 6 11 #3,343
1942 12 12 #2,219
1941 15 15 #1,885
1940 15 15 #1,863
1939 13 13 #2,014
1938 6 17 23 #1,729
1937 9 9 #2,587
1936 14 14 #1,934
1935 15 15 #1,899
1934 19 19 #1,645
1933 13 13 #2,050
1932 14 14 #2,062
1931 5 17 22 #1,816
1930 6 17 23 #1,865
1929 16 16 #1,981
1928 10 10 #2,734
1927 17 17 #2,016
1926 6 19 25 #1,828
1925 23 23 #1,622
1924 17 17 #2,007
1923 12 12 #2,523
1922 17 17 #2,010
1921 12 12 #2,571
1920 7 20 27 #1,803
1919 15 15 #2,125
1918 20 20 #1,756
1917 23 23 #1,523
1916 13 13 #2,214
1915 11 11 #2,397
1914 5 24 29 #1,220
1913 12 12 #1,659
1912 7 7 #2,189
1910 5 5 #1,808