Dryden
Boy · DRY-den · English
Dryden is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “dry valley”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Dryden mean?
English: English surname, from Old English dryge 'dry' + denu 'valley'
“dry valley”
An English surname meaning 'dry valley'; John Dryden (1631-1700) was England's first official Poet Laureate.
- Say it
- DRY-den
Is Dryden a girl's or a boy's name?
Dryden is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dryden in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Dryden, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Dryden in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dryden in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 25 | #3,993 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 31 | #3,442 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 27 | #3,452 |
| 2003 | 27 | #3,361 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
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