How Many People Are Named Drey?
An estimated 430 people in the United States have the first name Drey. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 22 years old, and Drey peaked in popularity in 1995 with 29 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Drey 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 Drey paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
430
About 1 in 797,103 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
22
years old
Peak Year
1995
29 births
Total Registered
437
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Drey
Drey is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 437 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Drey as a male name
Ranked #8,469 in 2024
9 male births in 2024
Peak: 1995 (29 births)
Drey: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Drey span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 171 babies were registered. Drey has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Drey by Decade
How has Drey 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.
Drey + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Drey as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Drey
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
Drey: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Drey?
We estimate approximately 430 people named Drey 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 797,103 Americans share this first name.
Is Drey a common name?
Drey is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 83.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 437 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Drey most popular?
Drey reached peak popularity in 1995, when 29 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Drey is approximately 22 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Drey a male name?
Drey is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Drey Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Drey Smith, Drey Johnson, Drey 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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