Drema vs Drexel
American parents have registered 2,464 Dremas since 1880, against 1,444 Drexels. But in 2025 it was Drexel that was commoner, 11 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Drema Drexel
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 115 years in which either name was published, Drexel for 59 years and Drema for 56 years. The lead changed hands 12 times.
- 1910–1934 Drexel ahead
- 1935–1982 Drema ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1990–1992 Drexel ahead
- 1996–1998 Drema ahead
- 1999–2025 Drexel ahead
7 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Drema | Drexel | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 2,464 | 1,444 |
| Most in one year | 112 | 29 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 11 |
| Estimated living today | 1,900 | 820 |
| Median age today | 67 | 44 |
| Peak year | 1959 | 1957 |
| Best rank | 997th girls | 1,511th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 7,194th |
| First recorded | 1921 | 1910 |
| Girls / boys | 2,464 / 0 | 40 / 1,404 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Dremas alive today are over 67; half the Drexels are over 44. That is 23 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Drema and Drexel.