Dresden
Dresden was the 5261st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 18 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 1950th with 73 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,953 places. More babies were named Dresden in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,261 boys, down 1,665 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 18boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201273 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,155babies recorded
Dresden popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #5,261 | — | 18 |
| 2020 | — | #3,596 | — | 30 |
| 2010 | #12,616 | #2,177 | 8 | 61 |
| 2000 | — | #6,988 | — | 9 |
| 1990 | #11,813 | — | 6 | — |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Dresden, counting every spelling?
Dresden has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Dresden?
18 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Dresden (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Dresden 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 465 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Dresden.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Dresden?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Dresden are alive today, with a median age of 13; half are between 9 and 17. That makes Dresden mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Dresden by state
How common Dresden was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Dresden
How popular is the name Dresden?
Dresden was the 5261st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 18 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 1950th with 73 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,953 places. More babies were named Dresden in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Dresden a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Dresden in the US.
Where is Dresden most popular?
In 2021–2025, Dresden was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 boys).