Dream
Dream was the 432nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 718 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 335th with 959 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,585 places. More babies were named Dream in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning dream (word name) · English
Say it DREEM /drim/
- Rank in 2025
- #432 girls, down 28 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 718girls
- Girls and boys
- 93% girls, 7% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2022959 babies
- Total since 1880
- 8,327babies recorded
What does the name Dream mean?
Dream is an English word used as a modern given name. The English noun dates back to Middle English; its sense of "vision in sleep" is generally traced to Old Norse draumr, while Old English drēam meant "joy, music". As a first name it is recent and rare, chosen for the word's meaning. Wiktionary has no entry for it as a given name.
dreme (Middle English, “dream”)
How sure is this? Well established. The word's history is clear; it has no older history as a name.
See also: English names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'dream', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (cmudict), Carnegie Mellon University
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (usage history only), US Social Security Administration
- Dictionary.com Unabridged (based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary), with Collins English Dictionary, s.v. 'dream', Dictionary.com / Random House / HarperCollins
Dream popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #432 | #2,266 | 718 | 62 |
| 2020 | #404 | #2,595 | 772 | 49 |
| 2010 | #2,520 | #6,125 | 73 | 14 |
| 2000 | #6,017 | — | 18 | — |
| 1990 | — | — | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
| 1970 | #7,323 | — | 6 | — |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Dream, counting every spelling?
Dream is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #449 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #432 for Dream on its own. Together these spellings went to 723 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dream | 718 | #432 | 4,338 |
| Dreame | 5 | #15,535 | 38 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Dream?
718 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Dream (0.20 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Dream born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 12 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Dream.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Dream?
About 7,700 people born in the US named Dream are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 3 and 8. That makes Dream a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Dream by state
How common Dream was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in District of Columbia (7.4×), Louisiana (4.1×), Mississippi (2.8×), Georgia (2.8×), Maryland (2.7×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Massachusetts, Iowa, Kansas.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Dream: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Dream, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Dream · Sibling names for Dream
Questions about the name Dream
What does Dream mean?
Dream means “dream (word name)” (English origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Dream?
Dream was the 432nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 718 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 335th with 959 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,585 places. More babies were named Dream in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Dream a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 93% girls, 7% boys given the name Dream in the US.
Where is Dream most popular?
In 2021–2025, Dream was most common in District of Columbia (3.96 per 1,000 girls), followed by Louisiana and Delaware.