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Dre

#5,672 in 2025Boys' name

Manly, through Andre

Dre has been given to 861 babies in the U.S. since 1989. In 2025 it ranked #5,672 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1993, with 56 recorded.

Babies named Dre, 2025

1 in 207,000

Dre over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Dre: meaning, origin, and history

Manly, through Andre

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Dre means

Dre belongs to the name family reached through Dre → Andre → André → Andrew. Its meaning is “manly”.

Origin, language, and formation

Dre is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Andre, André and Andrew.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Dre is pronounced /ˈdɹeɪ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 856 boys were recorded with the name Dre between 1989 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 56 in 1993; its best national rank was #1,600 in 1993.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,945 in 2020 to #5,672 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,716 in 2015 to #5,672 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Dre between 2019 and 2019. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2019; its best national rank was #16,183 in 2019.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Dre?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 207,000
16 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 107,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,672
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
143,620 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Dre sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 143,620 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dre. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dres were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dre was born before 2010 — so the typical Dre is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
31.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
69.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
856
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 31.8% of all recorded uses (272).

Is Dre rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,445
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,727
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,956
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.55×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
28.6%
Peak was 1993 (56)
Years since peak
32
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
22.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,600
1993

Where Dre is used

Across 1910–2025, Dre was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 380,234 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Louisiana1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Dre has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Dre around the world

Where Dre ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #3,256
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2017–2017
    #733
    in 2017
  • Ireland
    2024–2024
    #785
    in 2024
  • Canada
    1995–2023
    #2,026
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1995–2012
    #514
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Dre by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,672
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,727
Best rank ever
#1,600
1993
Peak year
1993
56 that year
First recorded
1989
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
856
Count in 2025
16

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#16,183
2019
Peak year
2019
5 that year
First recorded
2019
Last recorded
2019
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Dre

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Dre

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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