Drue
#3,330 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Drue has been given to 2,436 babies in the U.S. since 1915. In 2025 it ranked #3,330 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 46 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 54% boys, 46% girls all-time.
Babies named Drue, 2025
1 in 94,700
Drue over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Drue over time
In 2025, Drue went to 66% girls and 34% boys.
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.
How common is Drue?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 94,700
- 35 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 48,800
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #3,330
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 65,655 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Drue sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 65,655 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Drue. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Drues were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Drue was born before 1993 — so the typical Drue is around 32 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1990s
- 17.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 35.0%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,160
- People you could plausibly meet
1990s — 17.8% of all recorded uses (232).
Is Drue 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
- −154
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +1,975
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +3,451
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 2.92×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 76.1%
- Peak was 2023 (46)
- Years since peak
- 2
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 19.0% average annual change
Spellings of Drue
Drue is not the most common spelling — Bruce is, with 38.0% against Drue's 0.13%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Drue is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Drue was most concentrated in Arkansas — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 641,170 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Arkansas1 in —
- 2California1 in —
- 3Louisiana1 in —
- 4Maryland1 in —
- 5North Carolina1 in —
- 6Ohio1 in —
- 7Texas1 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. Drue has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Drue is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Drue was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 515,323 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 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. Drue has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Drue around the world
Where Drue 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 & Wales1999–2016#4,810in 2016
- South Australia1968–1998#534in 1998
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Drue by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Drue
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Drue
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.