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How popular is “Dru” in the USA?

Number of people named “Dru” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Dru” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Dru” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Dru” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Dru” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Dru” by birth year

This chart shows how “Dru” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1943 7 0.00000248 7 100%
1946 7 0.000002191 7 100%
1947 8 0.000002221 8 100%
1949 14 0.000004017 14 100%
1950 32 0.000009134 24 8 50%
1951 31 0.000008415 21 10 35%
1952 40 0.000010532 31 9 55%
1953 57 0.000014791 45 12 58%
1954 66 0.00001658 53 13 61%
1955 57 0.000014196 44 13 54%
1956 64 0.000015523 51 13 59%
1957 74 0.00001761 49 25 32%
1958 61 0.000014756 42 19 38%
1959 62 0.000014911 35 27 13%
1960 57 0.000013722 36 21 26%
1961 68 0.000016416 43 25 26%
1962 55 0.000013629 35 20 27%
1963 35 0.000008842 18 17 3%
1964 43 0.000011061 20 23 -7%
1965 42 0.000011585 14 28 -33%
1966 37 0.000010645 11 26 -41%
1967 34 0.000010015 12 22 -29%
1968 39 0.000011544 8 31 -59%
1969 42 0.000012085 17 25 -19%
1970 44 0.0000122 13 31 -41%
1971 31 0.000009032 12 19 -23%
1972 34 0.000010818 10 24 -41%
1973 26 0.000008618 7 19 -46%
1974 26 0.000008553 8 18 -38%
1975 26 0.000008611 26 -100%
1976 23 0.00000758 23 -100%
1977 31 0.000009759 7 24 -55%
1978 33 0.000010397 6 27 -64%
1979 36 0.000010821 8 28 -56%
1980 30 0.00000871 7 23 -53%
1981 50 0.000014453 15 35 -40%
1982 39 0.000011118 10 29 -49%
1983 48 0.000013859 11 37 -54%
1984 67 0.000019205 24 43 -28%
1985 62 0.000017371 22 40 -29%
1986 60 0.000016868 20 40 -33%
1987 51 0.000014145 16 35 -37%
1988 33 0.000008931 8 25 -52%
1989 48 0.000012486 11 37 -54%
1990 41 0.000010373 12 29 -41%
1991 52 0.00001335 12 40 -54%
1992 45 0.000011715 11 34 -51%
1993 49 0.000012996 16 33 -35%
1994 50 0.000013449 13 37 -48%
1995 73 0.000019934 27 46 -26%
1996 57 0.000015628 20 37 -30%
1997 101 0.000027856 19 82 -62%
1998 94 0.000025556 15 79 -68%
1999 124 0.000033569 25 99 -60%
2000 112 0.00002963 33 79 -41%
2001 70 0.0000187 15 55 -57%
2002 61 0.000016318 15 46 -51%
2003 72 0.000018936 27 45 -25%
2004 152 0.000039781 80 72 5%
2005 95 0.000024708 37 58 -22%
2006 82 0.000020727 32 50 -22%
2007 83 0.000020762 29 54 -30%
2008 63 0.000016028 26 37 -17%
2009 60 0.000015706 20 40 -33%
2010 67 0.000018129 16 51 -52%
2011 59 0.00001613 27 32 -8%
2012 56 0.000015312 29 27 4%
2013 60 0.000016458 25 35 -17%
2014 52 0.00001403 26 26 0%
2015 45 0.000012159 22 23 -2%
2016 58 0.000015809 25 33 -14%
2017 78 0.000021811 30 48 -23%
2018 88 0.000025029 34 54 -23%
2019 80 0.000023049 36 44 -10%
2020 85 0.000025445 33 52 -22%
2021 114 0.000033649 41 73 -28%
2022 116 0.000034288 42 74 -28%
2023 123 0.000037147 47 76 -24%
2024 105 0.000031546 46 59 -12%

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