How popular is the baby name Drew in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Drew.
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Several high-profile women have given birth in the last few days. Here’s a rundown:
A baby girl was born to Drew Barrymore and her husband on September 26. Name: Olive Barrymore Kopelman.
A baby boy was born to Reese Witherspoon and her husband on September 27. Name: Tennessee James Toth.
A baby boy was born to Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer and her husband on September 30. Name: TBD.
Questions, so many questions…
How do you like the name Olive? Drew Barrymore was the voice Olive in the animated Christmas special Olive, the Other Reindeer — think that’s where she got it?
Do you like the name Tennessee? His two older siblings are Ava Elizabeth and Deacon Reese — do you like the sibset “Ava, Deacon, Tennessee”? Why or why not?
What boy name would you suggest to Marissa Mayer? (Her husband’s name is Zachary Bogue. I’m not sure what the baby’s surname will be.)
I’m not 100% sure, but I think I’ve got a decent theory.
Let’s start with Grace Kelly. In April of 1956, she was married to Prince Rainier in a lavish wedding that got worldwide press coverage.
Later the same year, in November, two engagements were announced:
Prince Henri of Orleans, to Duchess Marie-Thérèse of Württemberg, and
Princess Hélène of Orleans, to Count Evrard of Limbourg-Styrum.
Henri and Hélène were the 2nd and 3rd children of the Count of Paris, claimant to the long-gone throne of France. Henri, importantly, was the eldest son.
Newspapers claimed Henri’s upcoming marriage would be “THE Wedding of 1957,” and “[t]he most important marriage to be celebrated in France since Napoleon III wed Princess Eugenie.” They said that “as far as European royalty is concerned it will make that Rainier-Kelly wedding in Monaco last spring look like a musical comedy.”
And all the announcements were sure to mention that both couples would marry in the royal chapel in the town of Dreux, located in north-central France.
Hélène and Evrard wed in January:
Henri and Duchess Marie-Thérèse wed in July:
My only reservation regarding this theory is that place names highlighted in the news don’t typically turn into baby names. That said…Dreux in an American accent sounds a lot like Drew, the nickname for Andrew, so perhaps that’s the key here.
What are your thoughts on Dreux as a baby name? (Do you have any alternate theories about where this one might have come from?)
Sources:
“France Preparing for Royal Wedding Early Next Summer.” Bend Bulletin [Bend, Oregon] 22 Nov. 1956: 13.
“Royalty All Set for THE Wedding of 1957.” Indiana Evening Gazette [Indiana, Pennsylvania] 23 Nov. 1956: 12.
Have you seen any of the most popular baby girl names beyond the top 1,000 yet? If not, here they are — down to the names that were given to 100 babies each last year. The 1,000th most popular girl name was Dania, given to 249 babies, and after Dania comes…
The top 1,000 baby girl names of 2009 can be found at the Social Security Administration’s website. But what about all the other names that were doled out last year? Those names are also available via the SSA I recently discovered (thanks Kelly!).
Just a few hours ago I posted a list of boy names that didn’t make the top 1,000 last year, but were still given to 100+ babies. Here is the equivalent (and much longer) list of girl names, grouped by the number of babies that received each name:
*Nyasia could have made the top 1,000. In fact, it should have made the top 1,000. It was given to 263 babies, just like the names that ranked 996th-1,000th (Gretchen, Karli, Kloe, Lilyanna and Mireya). But it came in last alphabetically, so in the eyes of the SSA it’s name #1,001. Sad, sad…
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