Drusilla
Drusilla is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. Its best rank was 612th, in 1886.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 195588 births
- Best rank
- #612in 1886
- Since 1880
- 2,930people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,930 girls have been named Drusilla in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1955, with 88 births.
The name has all but left use: 7 births in 2024, against 88 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1946, and the 1950s alone account for 21%. It has spent 16 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Drusilla | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 61 | |
| 1890s | 75 | |
| 1900s | 106 | |
| 1910s | 315 | |
| 1920s | 380 | |
| 1930s | 296 | |
| 1940s | 355 | |
| 1950s | 622 | |
| 1960s | 348 | |
| 1970s | 88 | |
| 1980s | 62 | |
| 1990s | 101 | |
| 2000s | 49 | |
| 2010s | 37 | |
| 2020s | 35 |
In 1955, its biggest year
Drusilla was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1955 were Mary, Deborah, Linda, Debra and Susan. See all of 1955.
Names that rose and fell with Drusilla
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Marypeak 1921
- Ellenpeak 1951
- Drucillapeak 1949
- Catherinepeak 1956
- Marthapeak 1947
- Lenorapeak 1924
- Janiepeak 1947
- Dollypeak 1926
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.