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How popular is the name Dre?
Births per year, rank history and how many Dres are alive today.
Dre (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 3256th in 2025 and given to 6 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2003, when 17 babies were given the name, the 1053rd most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2015, with 15 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2003; the 2025 figure is roughly 35% of its peak. Dre is one spelling of a name also recorded as Drae, Dray and Drey; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Dre you are most likely to meet is around 14 years old. Half of all Dres born in England and Wales are between 12 and 26, and there are at least 500 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Dre - on average, only one in every 606 such rooms contains a Dre.
How many babies are named Dre each year?
Includes all spellings: Dre, Drae, Dray, Drey. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Dre spelling rank?
Where does the Drae spelling rank?
Where does the Dray spelling rank?
Where does the Drey spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Dre most popular?
Dre peaked in 2012, when 30 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Dre?
At least 500 people named Dre in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Dre?
Most living Dres are between 12 and 26; the most common age is about 14.
Is Dre becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2012 peak.