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Drew

Pronounced /dɹuː/

Rank in 2024
#542
Born in 2024
550
Peak year
1985 · #126
Origin
Germanic
Also recorded for girls:404 in 2024 (#697)

1880 to 2024

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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 550 boys were named Drew, about 1 in every 3,119.
  • It peaked in 1985 with 2,276 babies, ranked #126.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 78,045 boys have been named Drew since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Drew per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. 0.2
    Boomers
  4. 0.3
    Gen X
  5. 0.9
    Millennials
  6. 0.8
    Gen Z
  7. 0.4
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 427 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 734 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 6,517 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Gen X: 6,875 babies, 0.25 per 1,000. Millennials: 28,398 babies, 0.93 per 1,000. Gen Z: 26,401 babies, 0.84 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 8,576 babies, 0.39 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

==== Proper noun ==== Drew A diminutive of the male given name Andrew. Synonym: Dru ===== Related terms ===== Andy

  • A diminutive of the male given name Andrew.
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages.
  • A female given name.
Origin
Germanic
Say it
/dɹuː/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Drew, CC BY-SA 4.0.