Drexel
Drexel was the 7318th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 1914, when it ranked 1197th; the most babies were born in 1957 (27). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,557 places. More babies were named Drexel in the 1950s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,318 boys, down 2,735 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 11boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 195727 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,444babies recorded
Drexel popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 40 since 1914.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,318 | 11 |
| 2020 | #4,583 | 21 |
| 2010 | #6,452 | 13 |
| 2000 | #8,452 | 7 |
| 1990 | #5,501 | 9 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | #2,944 | 11 |
| 1960 | #2,241 | 14 |
| 1950 | #2,133 | 13 |
| 1940 | #1,826 | 15 |
| 1930 | #1,844 | 17 |
| 1920 | #1,772 | 20 |
| 1910 | #1,659 | 5 |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Drexel, counting every spelling?
Drexel has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Drexel?
11 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Drexel (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Drexel 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 750 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Drexel.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Drexel?
About 800 people born in the US named Drexel are alive today, with a median age of 44; half are between 15 and 67. That makes Drexel mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Drexel: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Drexel, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Drexel
How popular is the name Drexel?
Drexel was the 7318th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 1914, when it ranked 1197th; the most babies were born in 1957 (27). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,557 places. More babies were named Drexel in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Is Drexel a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Drexel in the US.