Dreux
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- DROO
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #3,756 for boys
Dreux is a name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Dreux mean?
French: French place name and medieval form of Drogo
A town in northern France; Dreux was also the Old French form of Drogo, one source of the English name Drew.
Is Dreux a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Dreux has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls and 29 boys in the US.
How popular is Dreux in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,756th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29 about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Dreux, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1956. 23 girls were also named Dreux in 2025 (5,409th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Dreux in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,082 boys in the US were given Dreux or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #324, up from #3,756 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 44% of the babies named Dreux in the US were girls.
Dreux in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 36 | #3,240 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
Names like Dreux
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dax, Tru, Knox, Boone, Rhodes, Dutton, Kairo, Chozen, Saint, Truce, Jax, Hendrix
Other spellings of Dreux
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dreux: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dreux, updated 20 October 2026.