Drew

What Drew means

Diminutive of Andrew, meaning “manly”

diminutive of the male given name Andrew || From Old English Andreas, from Latin Andreas, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas), cognate with ἀνδρεῖος (andreîos, “manly”), both from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Drew” (revision 94538841) and “Andrew” (revision 94534461), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Drew?

US: Falling: down from #363 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #518 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1985, when 2,276 boys got the name (#126 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 3,157 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 8,772 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,928 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ND (1.79 per 1,000 boys), HI (1.71 per 1,000 boys), LA (1.15 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Drew is #553 in the US and #976 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 57.6% of US babies named Drew were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Trey269 US · 12 E&W
• Dru58 US
• Tre47 US
• Dre16 US · 6 E&W
• Drey11 US
• Treu7 US
• Trew5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Drew

Boys

• Garrett#564Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #269 in 2015, #564 in 2025
• Carlos#150Spanish and Portuguese form of Charles, meaning “free man”^*
• Eric#273Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1970, with 23,571 babies; 1,256 in 2025
• Lance#862Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1970, with 4,160 babies; 279 in 2025
• William#9“will + helmet”^*
• Derrick#850Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #384 in 2015, #850 in 2025

For a sister

• Alyssa#453“a plant of the genus Alyssum”^*
• Karla#799Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1964, with 2,060 babies; 340 in 2025
• Allison#103Form of Elon, meaning “oak tree”^*
• Alicia#460Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1984, with 7,820 babies; 672 in 2025
• Abby#731Diminutive of Abigail, meaning “my Father's joy”^*
• Alison#476“of noble kind”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Germanic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Drew’s. Rank is US 2025.