Dre vs Drexel
American parents have registered 1,444 Drexels since 1880, against 861 Dres. But in 2025 it was Dre that was commoner, 16 babies to 11.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Dre Drexel
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 112 years in which either name was published, Drexel for 76 years and Dre for 36 years. The lead changed hands once.
Side by side
| Dre | Drexel | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 861 | 1,444 |
| Most in one year | 56 | 29 |
| Babies in 2025 | 16 | 11 |
| Estimated living today | 850 | 820 |
| Median age today | 15 | 44 |
| Peak year | 1993 | 1957 |
| Best rank | 1,601st boys | 1,511th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 5,608th | 7,194th |
| First recorded | 1989 | 1910 |
| Girls / boys | 5 / 856 | 40 / 1,404 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Drexels alive today are over 44; half the Dres are over 15. That is 29 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Dre and Drexel.