How rare is the name Drew?

80,031 people in the United States have the first name Drew, about 1 in 3,774. It ranks #662 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DREW

#662

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
80,031
About
1 in 3,774
This common or more
63.5%
Who bears it

Of the 80,031 people named Drew, 85.8% reported their origin as White, 4.5% as Black and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 91.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Drew peaked in 1995, when 2,460 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1995
Births that year
2,460
In 2025*
940 ▼62%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 88,085 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Drew by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #309. The largest share of babies named Drew, 34.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1880s#1,49971
1890s#2,40838
1900s#2,87541
1910s#2,614205
1920s#3,001252
1930s#2,375318
1940s#1,2351,272
1950s#8833,401
1960s#8194,442
1970s#8464,219
1980s#34016,294
1990s#30921,487
2000s#38418,916
2010s#57611,687
2020s#7115,442
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.5%
Silent Generation 1928–450.9%
Baby boom 1946–647.6%
Generation X 1965–807.9%
Millennials 1981–9634.4%
Generation Z 1997–1234.2%
2013 and later14.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Drew is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Drew has been most common in Iowa (1.9×), Utah (1.8×), and Nebraska (1.6×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.29×).

81,657 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Drew

#660 Hazel · 80,463#661 Salvador · 80,151#663 Briana · 79,981#664 Dianne · 79,711

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Drew, most common first.

#8,394 Dre · 1,728#12,238 Drea · 1,023#20,789 Drey · 494#42,623 Dreu · 168#49,963 Dree · 122

Also a last name

As a last name, Drew ranks #1,544 of 156,621, with 22,649 people. See Drew as a last name

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