Given name
Drex
“a thoughtful man”
Drex is a variant of Drexel. One American interpretation is “a thoughtful man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Drex is a variant of Drexel. One American interpretation is “a thoughtful man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Drex is a variant of Drexel. An origin associated with Drexel is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Drex through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 35
- 35 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,541 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,541 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1996.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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