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/dɹuː/ · English (UK, US)
01 / Meaning & origin
Dru is a unisex given name documented in English.
No etymology is recorded in our sources for this spelling yet. The record exists because the name is documented in use; a meaning will be shown only once a cited source supports it.
02 / Across borders
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United States, 2025: 58 boys (rank 2363). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1880–2025 Spelling: Dru
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1881 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1882 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1883 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1884 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1885 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1886 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1887 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1888 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1889 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1890 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1891 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1892 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1893 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1894 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1895 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1896 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1897 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1898 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1899 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1903 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1904 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1905 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1906 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1907 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1908 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1909 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1910 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1911 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1912 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1913 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1914 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1915 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1916 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1917 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1918 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1919 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1920 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1921 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1922 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1923 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1924 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1925 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1926 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1927 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1928 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1929 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1930 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1931 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1932 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1933 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1934 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1935 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1936 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1937 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1938 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1939 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1940 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1941 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1942 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1943 | 7 | 3,801 | observed |
| 1944 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | 7 | 3,994 | observed |
| 1947 | 8 | 4,007 | observed |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | 14 | 2,726 | observed |
| 1950 | 24 | 1,955 | observed |
| 1951 | 21 | 2,182 | observed |
| 1952 | 31 | 1,781 | observed |
| 1953 | 45 | 1,460 | observed |
| 1954 | 53 | 1,377 | observed |
| 1955 | 44 | 1,537 | observed |
| 1956 | 51 | 1,480 | observed |
| 1957 | 49 | 1,531 | observed |
| 1958 | 42 | 1,657 | observed |
| 1959 | 35 | 1,881 | observed |
| 1960 | 36 | 1,887 | observed |
| 1961 | 43 | 1,742 | observed |
| 1962 | 35 | 1,947 | observed |
| 1963 | 18 | 2,960 | observed |
| 1964 | 20 | 2,825 | observed |
| 1965 | 14 | 3,402 | observed |
| 1966 | 11 | 3,959 | observed |
| 1967 | 12 | 3,845 | observed |
| 1968 | 8 | 5,147 | observed |
| 1969 | 17 | 3,318 | observed |
| 1970 | 13 | 4,246 | observed |
| 1971 | 12 | 4,534 | observed |
| 1972 | 10 | 5,109 | observed |
| 1973 | 7 | 6,666 | observed |
| 1974 | 8 | 6,258 | observed |
| 1975 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1976 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1977 | 7 | 7,567 | observed |
| 1978 | 6 | 8,562 | observed |
| 1979 | 8 | 7,313 | observed |
| 1980 | 7 | 8,178 | observed |
| 1981 | 15 | 4,746 | observed |
| 1982 | 10 | 6,371 | observed |
| 1983 | 11 | 5,824 | observed |
| 1984 | 24 | 3,423 | observed |
| 1985 | 22 | 3,730 | observed |
| 1986 | 20 | 4,028 | observed |
| 1987 | 16 | 4,857 | observed |
| 1988 | 8 | 8,391 | observed |
| 1989 | 11 | 6,955 | observed |
| 1990 | 12 | 6,867 | observed |
| 1991 | 12 | 6,976 | observed |
| 1992 | 11 | 7,512 | observed |
| 1993 | 16 | 5,673 | observed |
| 1994 | 13 | 6,672 | observed |
| 1995 | 27 | 3,878 | observed |
| 1996 | 20 | 4,883 | observed |
| 1997 | 19 | 5,228 | observed |
| 1998 | 15 | 6,360 | observed |
| 1999 | 25 | 4,445 | observed |
| 2000 | 33 | 3,808 | observed |
| 2001 | 15 | 6,956 | observed |
| 2002 | 15 | 7,045 | observed |
| 2003 | 27 | 4,668 | observed |
| 2004 | 80 | 2,204 | observed |
| 2005 | 37 | 3,876 | observed |
| 2006 | 32 | 4,463 | observed |
| 2007 | 29 | 4,944 | observed |
| 2008 | 26 | 5,434 | observed |
| 2009 | 20 | 6,544 | observed |
| 2010 | 16 | 7,513 | observed |
| 2011 | 27 | 5,063 | observed |
| 2012 | 29 | 4,836 | observed |
| 2013 | 25 | 5,317 | observed |
| 2014 | 26 | 5,163 | observed |
| 2015 | 22 | 5,833 | observed |
| 2016 | 26 | 5,130 | observed |
| 2017 | 30 | 4,576 | observed |
| 2018 | 34 | 4,144 | observed |
| 2019 | 36 | 4,006 | observed |
| 2020 | 33 | 4,169 | observed |
| 2021 | 41 | 3,678 | observed |
| 2022 | 42 | 3,653 | observed |
| 2023 | 47 | 3,386 | observed |
| 2024 | 46 | 3,395 | observed |
| 2025 | 42 | 3,577 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Dru” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Dru— “skilful”
Meantime southern Italy had been under other influences. Long remaining a province of the Eastern empire, Calabria, Apulia, and Sicily were the marauding ground of the Saracens, till the gallant Norman race of Hauteville came to their deliverance, and imposed on them a Norman-French royalty and nobility, with their strange compound of French and Northern names—Robert and Roger, Tancred and William, Ferabras and Drogo, the latter certainly Frank, as it belonged to an…
Meantime southern Italy had been under other influences. Long remaining a province of the Eastern empire, Calabria, Apulia, and Sicily were the marauding ground of the Saracens, till the gallant Norman race of Hauteville came to their deliverance, and imposed on them a Norman-French royalty and nobility, with their strange compound of French and Northern names—Robert and Roger, Tancred and William, Ferabras and Drogo, the latter certainly Frank, as it belonged to an illegitimate son of Charlemagne. It was brought to England by Dru de Baladon, a follower of the Conqueror; and we find it again in Sir Drew Drury, the keeper of Mary of Scotland. It may be related to the Anglo-Saxon _dry_, a sorcerer, and _dreist_, the German skilful, but its derivation is uncertain.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Conclusion (Modern Nomenclature), Section III (Italy) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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