Drucilla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- droo-SIL-a
- Origin
- Latin
Drucilla is a girls' name of Latin origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Drucilla mean?
Latin: spelling of Drusilla, a feminine diminutive of the Roman name Drusus
In the Book of Acts, Drusilla is the wife of the Roman governor Felix, who heard Paul speak.
Is Drucilla a girl's or a boy's name?
Drucilla is a girls' name.
How popular is Drucilla in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1949, with 83 girls.
Half of all the girls named Drucilla in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1956, the years shaded on the chart below.
Drucilla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,985 |
| 1992 | 42 | #2,825 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,760 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,961 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,970 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1970 | 22 | #3,030 |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,957 |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,788 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,483 |
| 1966 | 17 | #3,039 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 31 | #2,150 |
| 1963 | 31 | #2,130 |
| 1962 | 30 | #2,162 |
| 1961 | 45 | #1,696 |
| 1960 | 44 | #1,694 |
| 1959 | 38 | #1,793 |
| 1958 | 55 | #1,434 |
| 1957 | 37 | #1,783 |
| 1956 | 63 | #1,311 |
| 1955 | 70 | #1,196 |
| 1954 | 77 | #1,122 |
| 1953 | 72 | #1,136 |
| 1952 | 66 | #1,170 |
| 1951 | 74 | #1,077 |
| 1950 | 80 | #1,017 |
| 1949 | 83 | #981 |
| 1948 | 69 | #1,056 |
| 1947 | 79 | #991 |
| 1946 | 59 | #1,106 |
| 1945 | 53 | #1,079 |
| 1944 | 74 | #888 |
| 1943 | 71 | #922 |
| 1942 | 51 | #1,101 |
| 1941 | 47 | #1,065 |
| 1940 | 58 | #944 |
| 1939 | 46 | #1,053 |
| 1938 | 42 | #1,111 |
| 1937 | 31 | #1,303 |
| 1936 | 40 | #1,115 |
| 1935 | 35 | #1,197 |
| 1934 | 32 | #1,263 |
| 1933 | 38 | #1,140 |
| 1932 | 41 | #1,116 |
| 1931 | 50 | #984 |
| 1930 | 46 | #1,084 |
| 1929 | 39 | #1,195 |
| 1928 | 44 | #1,147 |
| 1927 | 52 | #1,066 |
| 1926 | 53 | #1,023 |
| 1925 | 36 | #1,324 |
| 1924 | 49 | #1,114 |
| 1923 | 48 | #1,101 |
| 1922 | 69 | #879 |
| 1921 | 53 | #1,035 |
| 1920 | 45 | #1,119 |
| 1919 | 41 | #1,155 |
| 1918 | 51 | #1,005 |
| 1917 | 35 | #1,219 |
| 1916 | 37 | #1,167 |
| 1915 | 33 | #1,190 |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,385 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,176 |
| 1912 | 25 | #1,032 |
| 1911 | 23 | #898 |
| 1910 | 17 | #1,069 |
| 1909 | 16 | #1,015 |
| 1908 | 18 | #939 |
| 1907 | 20 | #840 |
| 1906 | 19 | #845 |
| 1905 | 12 | #1,093 |
| 1904 | 15 | #938 |
| 1903 | 13 | #969 |
| 1902 | 16 | #872 |
| 1901 | 18 | #771 |
| 1900 | 11 | #1,170 |
| 1899 | 11 | #983 |
| 1898 | 19 | #768 |
| 1897 | 15 | #826 |
| 1896 | 11 | #999 |
| 1895 | 13 | #893 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,136 |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,023 |
| 1892 | 12 | #861 |
| 1891 | 12 | #796 |
| 1890 | 11 | #825 |
| 1889 | 8 | #950 |
| 1888 | 11 | #793 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,036 |
| 1886 | 12 | #657 |
| 1885 | 11 | #658 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,024 |
| 1883 | 9 | #651 |
| 1882 | 6 | #813 |
| 1881 | 7 | #679 |
| 1880 | 7 | #679 |
Nicknames for Drucilla
Names like Drucilla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Loretta, Estella, Alma, Rosa, Viola, Flora, Sylvia, Marcella, Della, Leona, Clara, Lenora
More Latin names
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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, “Drucilla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/drucilla, updated 20 October 2026.