How rare is the name Dru?

3,637 people in the United States have the first name Dru, about 1 in 83,044. It ranks #4,910 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DRU

#4,910

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,637
About
1 in 83,044
This common or more
84.7%
Who bears it

Of the 3,637 people named Dru, 71.7% reported their origin as White, 11.7% as Black and 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 58.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Dru peaked in 2004, when 152 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19432025
Peak year
2004
Births that year
152
In 2025*
100 ▼34%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 4,654 babies have been given the name since 1943. 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.

Dru by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #2,298. The largest share of babies named Dru, 29%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1940s#7,81236
1950s#2,298544
1960s#2,756452
1970s#4,001310
1980s#3,480488
1990s#3,453686
2000s#3,738850
2010s#4,729644
2020s#3,398644
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–6417.9%
Generation X 1965–8011.5%
Millennials 1981–9617.7%
Generation Z 1997–1229%
2013 and later23.8%

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.

Either side of Dru

#4,907 Lakeshia · 3,639#4,907 Vicenta · 3,639#4,911 Cielo · 3,636#4,912 Cherri · 3,635

Spelled almost the same

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

#8,394 Dre · 1,728#8,883 Drue · 1,603#42,623 Dreu · 168

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