Drexel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DREK-sul
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Drexel is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “wood turner”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Drexel mean?
Germanic: German surname Drechsel, an occupational name
“wood turner”
From a German surname for a wood turner; Drexel University in Philadelphia is named after the banker Anthony J. Drexel.
Is Drexel a girl's or a boy's name?
Drexel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Drexel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Drexel, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 1957, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1910.
Half of all the boys named Drexel in the US since 1880 were born between 1933 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
Drexel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,307 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 26 | #1,512 |
| 1964 | 20 | #1,792 |
| 1963 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1962 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1961 | 18 | #1,947 |
| 1960 | 14 | #2,209 |
| 1959 | 18 | #1,915 |
| 1958 | 25 | #1,556 |
| 1957 | 27 | #1,510 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,090 |
| 1955 | 19 | #1,790 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,043 |
| 1953 | 21 | #1,676 |
| 1952 | 22 | #1,614 |
| 1951 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,110 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,224 |
| 1948 | 16 | #1,880 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,075 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,130 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,079 |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,144 |
| 1941 | 15 | #1,821 |
| 1940 | 15 | #1,802 |
| 1939 | 13 | #1,958 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,689 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,872 |
| 1935 | 15 | #1,837 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,608 |
| 1933 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1932 | 14 | #1,995 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1930 | 17 | #1,821 |
| 1929 | 16 | #1,933 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 17 | #1,959 |
| 1926 | 19 | #1,787 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,583 |
| 1924 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,747 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,062 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,709 |
| 1917 | 23 | #1,479 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,151 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,309 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,188 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,579 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
Nicknames for Drexel
- Rex 221 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Drexel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marshall, Henry, William, Walter, Roland, Everett, Robert, Louis, Charlie, Lewis, Emmett, Hansel
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Charlotte, Archie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles
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, “Drexel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/drexel, updated 20 October 2026.