Dru**
#1,828 most common boys' name of all time · #4,409 across all names · 60% male / 40% female · used 1943–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#1,828
Rank overall
#4,409 of 105,966
First appeared
1943
Years on the list
80 of 146
All-time
4,654
Since 2016
949
Peak year
2004 #1,753
Best rank
#1,253 1999
Girls
Boys
peak 152/yr
Dru first appears in 1943. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | 58 | 100 | #2,372 |
| 2024 | 46 | 59 | 105 | #2,377 |
| 2023 | 47 | 76 | 123 | #2,003 |
| 2022 | 42 | 74 | 116 | #2,043 |
| 2021 | 41 | 74 | 115 | #2,012 |
| 2020 | 33 | 52 | 85 | #2,484 |
| 2019 | 36 | 44 | 80 | #2,819 |
| 2018 | 34 | 54 | 88 | #2,424 |
| 2017 | 30 | 48 | 78 | #2,613 |
| 2016 | 26 | 33 | 59 | #3,379 |
| 2015 | 22 | 23 | 45 | #4,322 |
| 2014 | 26 | 26 | 52 | #3,920 |
| 2013 | 25 | 35 | 60 | #3,146 |
| 2012 | 29 | 27 | 56 | #3,829 |
| 2011 | 27 | 32 | 59 | #3,388 |
| 2010 | 16 | 51 | 67 | #2,438 |
| 2009 | 20 | 40 | 60 | #2,963 |
| 2008 | 26 | 37 | 63 | #3,126 |
| 2007 | 29 | 54 | 83 | #2,387 |
| 2006 | 32 | 50 | 82 | #2,457 |
| 2005 | 37 | 58 | 95 | #2,122 |
| 2004 | 80 | 72 | 152 | #1,753 |
| 2003 | 27 | 45 | 72 | #2,360 |
| 2002 | 15 | 46 | 61 | #2,269 |
| 2001 | 15 | 55 | 70 | #1,963 |
| 2000 | 33 | 79 | 112 | #1,530 |
| 1999 | 25 | 99 | 124 | #1,253 |
| 1998 | 15 | 79 | 94 | #1,440 |
| 1997 | 19 | 82 | 101 | #1,359 |
| 1996 | 20 | 37 | 57 | #2,232 |
| 1995 | 27 | 46 | 73 | #1,872 |
| 1994 | 13 | 37 | 50 | #2,203 |
| 1993 | 16 | 33 | 49 | #2,314 |
| 1992 | 11 | 34 | 45 | #2,235 |
| 1991 | 12 | 40 | 52 | #1,934 |
| 1990 | 12 | 29 | 41 | #2,406 |
| 1989 | 11 | 37 | 48 | #1,970 |
| 1988 | 8 | 25 | 33 | #2,408 |
| 1987 | 16 | 35 | 51 | #1,846 |
| 1986 | 20 | 40 | 60 | #1,639 |
| 1985 | 22 | 40 | 62 | #1,603 |
| 1984 | 24 | 43 | 67 | #1,472 |
| 1983 | 11 | 37 | 48 | #1,613 |
| 1982 | 10 | 29 | 39 | #1,919 |
| 1981 | 15 | 35 | 50 | #1,684 |
| 1980 | 7 | 23 | 30 | #2,254 |
| 1979 | 8 | 28 | 36 | #1,930 |
| 1978 | 6 | 27 | 33 | #1,889 |
| 1977 | 7 | 24 | 31 | #2,045 |
| 1976 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,088 |
| 1975 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,867 |
| 1974 | 8 | 18 | 26 | #2,325 |
| 1973 | 7 | 19 | 26 | #2,182 |
| 1972 | 10 | 24 | 34 | #1,862 |
| 1971 | 12 | 19 | 31 | #2,179 |
| 1970 | 13 | 31 | 44 | #1,539 |
| 1969 | 17 | 25 | 42 | #1,673 |
| 1968 | 8 | 31 | 39 | #1,422 |
| 1967 | 12 | 22 | 34 | #1,698 |
| 1966 | 11 | 26 | 37 | #1,535 |
| 1965 | 14 | 28 | 42 | #1,482 |
| 1964 | 20 | 23 | 43 | #1,694 |
| 1963 | 18 | 17 | 35 | #2,037 |
| 1962 | 35 | 20 | 55 | #1,849 |
| 1961 | 43 | 25 | 68 | #1,628 |
| 1960 | 36 | 21 | 57 | #1,809 |
| 1959 | 35 | 27 | 62 | #1,554 |
| 1958 | 42 | 19 | 61 | #1,891 |
| 1957 | 49 | 25 | 74 | #1,630 |
| 1956 | 51 | 13 | 64 | #2,350 |
| 1955 | 44 | 13 | 57 | #2,291 |
| 1954 | 53 | 13 | 66 | #2,308 |
| 1953 | 45 | 12 | 57 | #2,383 |
| 1952 | 31 | 9 | 40 | #2,860 |
| 1951 | 21 | 10 | 31 | #2,649 |
| 1950 | 24 | 8 | 32 | #3,010 |
| 1949 | 14 | — | 14 | — |
| 1947 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1946 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1943 | 7 | — | 7 | — |