Drew

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

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

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

Drew: Recorded since 1981, with a gap of 13 years, it reached #163 in 2000, and it stood at #402 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
114times a registrar ranked it
45years from first to last
#163highest recorded position
24groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Drew's record

Absent from every published list for 13 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence
2 registrars publish it in more than one category list — an observation about those lists, not about the name. Names published across category lists

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#562
1997	#604
1998	#501
1999	#474
2000	#601
2001	#565
2002	#568
2003	#564
2004	#574
2005	#668
2006	#665
2007	#727
2008	#878
2009	#1467
2010	#1257
2011	#1327
2012	#1253
2013	#1018
2014	#1702
2015	#1649
2016	#1525
2017	#1911
2018	#1490
2019	#1562
2020	#1687
2021	#1505
2022	#1452
2023	#1863
2024	#2253

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 20 of the 45 years from 1981 to 2025.

In 2024: #339 among boys in Northern Ireland, #404 among boys in Scotland, #520 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #945 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1981–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1981
First recorded at #322 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1981 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #163 among boys in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #402 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Drew appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 3,303 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1981.

Drew across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Drew's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#322 (1981)	#313 (2002)	#402 (2025)	20 of 45	110 (1981–2025)	9 (2012)
England and Wales · Boys	#204 (1996)	#163 (2000)	#945 (2024)	29 of 29	3,303 (1996–2024)	225 (2001)
England and Wales · Girls	#562 (1996)	#474 (1999)	#2253 (2024)	29 of 29	953 (1996–2024)	61 (1999)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#207 (1998)	#198 (2008)	#339 (2024)	24 of 27	114 (1998–2024)	11 (2008)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#677 (2004)	#502 (2019)	#856 (2023)	9 of 20	36 (2004–2023)	7 (2019)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#372 (2004)	#372 (2004)	#440 (2013)	2 of 10	6 (2004–2013)	3 (2004)

Drew 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 Drew in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	602	4 of 10	151
2000sbusiest	1,788	10 of 10	179
2010s	728	10 of 10	73
2020s	185	5 of 10	37

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 179 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1999 and 2000, when recorded births rose by 50, from 172 to 222.

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

Drew 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 4 regions, from 1981 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #163 in England and Wales in 2001.

Drew'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#2253	12	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#945	33	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1863	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1018	29	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1452	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#699	48	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1505	20	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#790	41	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1687	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#856	34	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1562	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#762	42	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1490	21	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#711	48	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1911	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#613	59	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1525	21	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#681	51	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#518	75	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1702	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#566	63	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1018	35	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#439	92	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1253	26	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#425	93	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1327	23	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#441	86	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1257	25	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#350	119	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1467	19	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#335	118	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#878	37	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#282	148	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#727	46	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#257	158	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#665	47	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#221	186	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#668	46	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#231	153	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#574	54	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#214	172	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#564	53	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#198	192	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#568	51	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#176	214	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#565	49	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#163	225	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#601	44	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#163	222	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#474	61	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#191	172	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#501	55	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#239	126	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#604	42	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#217	149	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#562	44	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#204	155	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#348	4	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#414	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#374	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#363	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#281	6	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#288	6	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#273	6	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#261	6	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#267	6	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#198	11	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#341	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#235	5	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#263	4	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#281	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#218	5	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#206	6	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#241	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#207	6	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#634	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#498	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#637	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	7	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#547	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#503	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#404	8	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#473	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#313	6	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#404	8	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1981 and 2025, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #163, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 225 births, registered in England and Wales in 2001.

2 registrars publish it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 13 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 43 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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Dream · #883, 8y
Drin · #2755, 14y
Drishti · #3218, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Emelia · #164, 30y
Freyja · #162, 30y
Caden · #165, 28y
Colby · #165, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Juni · #162, 34y
Liana · #166, 34y
Mikolaj · #166, 31y
Ferdinand · #167, 38y

Drew was ranked #163 in England and Wales · Boys in 2000. 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.

Drew 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 Drew without appearing here.

Drew moved ahead of

Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1911 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1490 and #4684.
Sinead Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1863 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2253 and #3695.
Tayla Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1863 and #1774 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2253 and #3318.
Kerry Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1467 and #1365 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1257 and #1993.

Moved ahead of Drew

Riley Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1018 and #1075 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1702 and #763.
Shania Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1863 and #2063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2253 and #1353.
Astrid Compare
In 2008 they stood at #878 and #937 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1467 and #664.
Ida Compare
In 2008 they stood at #878 and #937 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1467 and #726.

Moved the opposite way to Drew

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Drew went from #562 to #2253 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Drew went from #204 to #945 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Drew went from #204 to #945 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Drew went from #204 to #945 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.

Moved the same way as Drew

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Drew went from #204 to #945 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Drew went from #562 to #2253 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Drew went from #204 to #945 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Drew went from #562 to #2253 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 4 regions, from 1981 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #163 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Drew

Drew at a glance

What stands out in Drew's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Drew across 6 official records

Drew by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Drew appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Drew

Drew and the names beside it

Drew moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Drew

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Moved the same way as Drew

Drew at a glance

What stands out in Drew's record

Drew across 6 official records

Drew by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Drew appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Drew

Drew and the names beside it

Drew moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Drew

Moved the opposite way to Drew

Moved the same way as Drew