How Many People Are Named Dray?
An estimated 293 people in the United States have the first name Dray. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 24 years old, and Dray peaked in popularity in 1993 with 18 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Dray as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Dray paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
293
About 1 in 1,169,810 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
24
years old
Peak Year
1993
18 births
Total Registered
299
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Dray
Dray is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 299 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Dray as a male name
Ranked #11,248 in 2024
6 male births in 2024
Peak: 1993 (18 births)
Dray: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Dray span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 90 babies were registered. While Dray is less common than at its peak in the 1990s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Dray by Decade
How has Dray tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Dray + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Dray as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Dray
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Dray: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Dray?
We estimate approximately 293 people named Dray are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,169,810 Americans share this first name.
Is Dray a common name?
Dray is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 78.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 299 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Dray most popular?
Dray reached peak popularity in 1993, when 18 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Dray is approximately 24 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Dray a male name?
Dray is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Dray Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Dray Smith, Dray Johnson, Dray Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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