Drea
Girl · DRAY-uh · Greek
Drea is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “brave, manly”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Drea mean?
Greek: short form of Andrea
“brave, manly”
Short for Andrea, which is a girls' name in English but traditionally a boys' name in Italian.
- Say it
- DRAY-uh
Is Drea a girl's or a boy's name?
Drea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Drea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Drea, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 50 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
2025 had fewer girls named Drea than any year since 2002.
Half of all the girls named Drea in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Drea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,768 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 34 | #4,267 |
| 2013 | 38 | #3,916 |
| 2012 | 45 | #3,522 |
| 2011 | 43 | #3,602 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,396 |
| 2009 | 33 | #4,481 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 46 | #3,468 |
| 2005 | 50 | #3,122 |
| 2004 | 34 | #4,089 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
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