# Drew (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/drew/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “to carry”, “pull”, “phantom”, “apparition” |
| Pronunciation | /dɹuː/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 88,085 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 78,592 / 9,493 (11% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,299, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Anglo-Norman Drew, Drieu, Drue, from Old French Drogon, Dreus, Drues (made popular by Charlemagne's son Drogo) from Old Dutch Drogo, of uncertain ultimate origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *dragan (“to carry, pull”), or from Proto-Germanic *draugaz (“phantom, apparition”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 170 | 1,354 |
| 2012 | 234 | 1,069 |
| 2013 | 226 | 1,091 |
| 2014 | 213 | 1,161 |
| 2015 | 213 | 1,185 |
| 2016 | 216 | 1,166 |
| 2017 | 205 | 1,192 |
| 2018 | 179 | 1,280 |
| 2019 | 184 | 1,263 |
| 2020 | 272 | 942 |
| 2021 | 339 | 819 |
| 2022 | 332 | 846 |
| 2023 | 370 | 761 |
| 2024 | 404 | 696 |
| 2025 | 399 | 706 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,232 | 285 |
| 2012 | 1,239 | 282 |
| 2013 | 1,179 | 299 |
| 2014 | 1,062 | 323 |
| 2015 | 896 | 363 |
| 2016 | 800 | 399 |
| 2017 | 675 | 454 |
| 2018 | 631 | 461 |
| 2019 | 552 | 518 |
| 2020 | 538 | 531 |
| 2021 | 579 | 509 |
| 2022 | 568 | 521 |
| 2023 | 549 | 539 |
| 2024 | 551 | 542 |
| 2025 | 541 | 553 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 1,327 |
| 2012 | 26 | 1,253 |
| 2013 | 35 | 1,018 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,702 |
| 2015 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1,525 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,911 |
| 2018 | 21 | 1,490 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,687 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1,505 |
| 2022 | 21 | 1,452 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,863 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2,253 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,278 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 86 | 441 |
| 2012 | 93 | 425 |
| 2013 | 92 | 439 |
| 2014 | 63 | 566 |
| 2015 | 75 | 518 |
| 2016 | 51 | 681 |
| 2017 | 59 | 613 |
| 2018 | 48 | 711 |
| 2019 | 42 | 762 |
| 2020 | 34 | 856 |
| 2021 | 41 | 790 |
| 2022 | 48 | 699 |
| 2023 | 29 | 1,018 |
| 2024 | 33 | 945 |
| 2025 | 31 | 976 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.