Is Dresden a boy or girl name?

Dresden is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 1,155 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 15.8% were girls and 84.2% were boys.

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Dresden

Recorded 1964–2025 · United States

Dresden was most popular in 2012, when 84 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,937 that year. In 2025 it ranked #10,985, with 18 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,155 people named Dresden.

Dresden over time

Births per year. The dot marks Dresden’s peak in 2012. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Dresden a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Dresden is mostly a boy’s name — 15.8% of the 1,155 Americans given it were girls and 84.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 4% girls and 96% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Dresden

Where Dresden is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 4.9×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org