Dre

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Dre: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Dre: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #785, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#785highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1458
1997	#2022
1998	#1821
1999	#1850
2000	#1096
2001	#1286
2002	#1519
2003	#1053
2004	#1498
2005	#1456
2006	#1347
2007	#2435
2008	#2507
2009	#3227
2010	#2400
2011	#1688
2012	#1669
2013	#1706
2014	#2690
2015	#1586
2016	#1903
2017	#2324
2018	#1683
2019	#2266
2020	#2682
2021	#2730
2022	#2529
2023	#3523

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2023.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1458 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #3523 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Dre by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Dre in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	25	4 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	108	10 of 10	11
2010s	114	10 of 10	11
2020s	27	4 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Dre appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #785 in Republic of Ireland in 2024.

Dre's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2529	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1683	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1586	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1706	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1669	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1688	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1347	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1456	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1498	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1053	17	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1286	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1096	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	8	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #785, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Drew · #163, 32y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Edoardo · #785, 27y
Lian · #785, 28y
Luciano · #785, 29y
Luigi · #785, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alp · #785, 20y
Edoardo · #785, 27y
Lian · #785, 28y
Luciano · #785, 29y

Dre was ranked #785 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Dre and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Dre without appearing here.

Dre moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3227 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1706 and #4685.
Garry Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3227 and #3227 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2400 and #4678.
Barry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2730 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2529 and #4001.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2730 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.

Moved ahead of Dre

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2529 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #1461.
Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1347 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2435 and #926.
Arne Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2529 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #2160.
Marius Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1706 and #2055 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2690 and #1486.

Moved the opposite way to Dre

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Dre went from #1458 to #3523 while Albie went from #853 to #22.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Dre went from #1458 to #3523 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Dre went from #1458 to #3523 while Alfred went from #218 to #76.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Dre went from #1458 to #3523 while Archie went from #192 to #13.

Moved the same way as Dre

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Dre went from #1458 to #3523 and Aaron from #33 to #146.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Dre went from #1458 to #3523 and Adam from #16 to #41.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Dre went from #1458 to #3523 and Alan from #163 to #464.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Dre went from #1458 to #3523 and Alex from #43 to #152.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #785 in Republic of Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Dre

Dre at a glance

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Popularity journey

Dre by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Dre at a glance

Dre by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Dre and the names beside it

Dre moved ahead of

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