NameTides

Dru

Dru was the #2,363 boys' name in the US in 2025 (58 babies).

Dru as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Dru as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Dru as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,363 (58)——
2024#2,370 (59)——
2023#1,999 (76)——
2022#2,039 (74)——
2021#2,000 (74)#4,789 (3)—
2020#2,467 (52)#4,608 (3)—
2019#2,808 (44)#4,702 (3)—
2018#2,417 (54)——
2017#2,597 (48)#4,812 (3)—
2016#3,358 (33)#3,478 (5)—
2015#4,295 (23)——
2014#3,891 (26)#4,632 (3)—
2013#3,122 (35)#4,685 (3)—
2012#3,807 (27)#3,416 (5)—
2011#3,364 (32)#2,390 (8)—

Dru as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Dru as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020US
Dru as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#3,577 (42)—
2024#3,395 (46)—
2023#3,386 (47)—
2022#3,653 (42)—
2021#3,678 (41)—
2020#4,169 (33)—
2019#4,006 (36)—
2018#4,144 (34)—
2017#4,576 (30)—
2016#5,130 (26)—
2015#5,833 (22)—
2014#5,163 (26)—
2013#5,317 (25)—
2012#4,836 (29)—
2011#5,063 (27)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1999 at #1,249.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1950.
  • In 2025, 42% of US babies named Dru were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 29,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 29,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 38,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Dru is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 31,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 26,000 to 1 in 37,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dru by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #927TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,760TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Dru (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DruCanadaBoys—too few
DruEngland & WalesGirls—too few
DruEngland & WalesBoys—too few
DruNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DruNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DruUSGirls#3,57742
DruUSBoys#2,36358