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Dru

#2,366 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Drew

Dru has been given to 4,654 babies in the U.S. since 1950. In 2025 it ranked #2,366 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1999, with 99 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 60% boys, 40% girls all-time.

Babies named Dru, 2025

1 in 57,200

Dru over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Dru over time

In 2025, Dru went to 42% girls and 58% boys.

19432025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Dru: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Drew

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Dru means

Dru is a variant of Drew.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Dru → Drew → Andrew. The family’s meaning is “manly”, recorded in English with the source elements andreîos.

Origin, language, and formation

Dru is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Drew, Andrew, Drusilla and Drucilla.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Dru is pronounced /dɹuː/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,788 boys were recorded with the name Dru between 1950 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 99 in 1999; its best national rank was #1,249 in 1999.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,474 in 2020 to #2,366 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,327 in 2015 to #2,366 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,866 girls were recorded with the name Dru between 1943 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 80 in 2004; its best national rank was #1,378 in 1954.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,191 in 2020 to #3,593 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,881 in 2015 to #3,593 in 2025.

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 Dru?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 57,200
58 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 29,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,366
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
39,620 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Dru 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 39,620 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dru. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Drus were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dru was born before 1999 — so the typical Dru is around 26 today.

Median birth year
1999
About 26 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
19.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
43.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,788
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 19.2% of all recorded uses (536).

Is Dru 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
+16
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+108
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,961
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.52×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
58.6%
Peak was 1999 (99)
Years since peak
26
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,249
1999

Where Dru is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Dru was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 201,132 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Indiana1 in 100,000
  3. 3Louisiana1 in 100,000
  4. 4Texas1 in 100,000
  5. 5Colorado1 in —
  6. 6Florida1 in —
  7. 7Georgia1 in —
  8. 8Illinois1 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. Dru has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Dru is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Dru was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 360,306 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 100,000
  2. 2Arkansas1 in —
  3. 3California1 in —
  4. 4Illinois1 in —
  5. 5Indiana1 in —
  6. 6Louisiana1 in —
  7. 7Minnesota1 in —
  8. 8Missouri1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Dru has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Dru around the world

Where Dru 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
    1996–2021
    #4,789
    in 2021
  • Canada
    1991–2005
    #2,303
    in 2005
  • South Australia
    1963–2010
    #754
    in 2010

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

Notable people named Dru

People whose public names include Dru, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Dru in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Dru. Linked forms have their own page here.

Drew

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Dru by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,366
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 108
Best rank ever
#1,249
1999
Peak year
1999
99 that year
First recorded
1950
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,788
Count in 2025
58

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,593
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 598
Best rank ever
#1,378
1954
Peak year
2004
80 that year
First recorded
1943
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,866
Count in 2025
42

Names similar to Dru

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

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Names with a curve like Dru

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Dru, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Dru

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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