Drue
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- DROO
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #2,542 for girls
Drue is a name of Greek origin, meaning “manly”. In 2025 it ranked 2,542nd for girls in the US (69 babies).
What does Drue mean?
Greek: spelling of Drew, a short form of Andrew
“manly”
Drew began as a Scottish short form of Andrew and is also an English surname.
Is Drue a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Drue has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 69 girls and 35 boys in the US.
How popular is Drue in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,542nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 69 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 247% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 69 girls in the US were named Drue, making it the 2,542nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. It first appears in the records in 1893. 35 boys were also named Drue in 2025 (3,313th for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Drue of any year since it first appeared, in 1893.
Half of all the girls named Drue in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 652 girls in the US were given Drue or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #486, up from #2,542 for this spelling alone.
In 1985, 31% of the babies named Drue in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 66%, with more girls than boys since 2020.
Drue in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69 | #2,542 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,930 |
| 2023 | 52 | #3,140 |
| 2022 | 53 | #3,073 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,703 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,665 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,687 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,492 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,481 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,234 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,175 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,897 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,304 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,029 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,433 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
Names like Drue
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zoe, Chloe, Phoebe, Stevie, Sophie, Maisie, Elle, Reese, Ellie, Sophia, Penelope, Dulce
Other spellings of Drue
Names related to Drue
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Margot, Luke, Iris, Lainey, Elena, Atlas, Christopher, Angel
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, “Drue: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/drue, updated 20 October 2026.