Dresden is a rare name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 2012 and has grown less common since.
Dresden is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #5,261 for boy births in the United States (and #11,088 across all names), given to 18 babies. Dresden was first reported in SSA data in 1964 and peaked in 2012 (73 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,261 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,598 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,374 |
| 2022 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,355 |
| 2021 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,441 |
| 2020 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,596 |
| 2019 | 34 | 34 | — | #3,373 |
| 2018 | 39 | 39 | — | #3,007 |
| 2017 | 55 | 55 | #8,418 | #2,852 |
| 2016 | 56 | 56 | — | #2,345 |
| 2015 | 67 | 67 | #10,340 | #2,308 |
| 2014 | 63 | 63 | #10,357 | #2,408 |
| 2013 | 64 | 64 | #9,776 | #2,372 |
| 2012 | 84 | 84 | #9,910 | #1,950 |
| 2011 | 56 | 56 | #12,491 | #2,554 |
| 2010 | 69 | 69 | #12,616 | #2,177 |
| 2009 | 56 | 56 | #15,790 | #2,539 |
| 2008 | 67 | 67 | #14,265 | #2,213 |
| 2007 | 54 | 54 | — | #2,382 |
| 2006 | 29 | 29 | #15,671 | #4,131 |
| 2005 | 26 | 26 | #9,629 | #5,372 |
| 2004 | 16 | 16 | #10,126 | #10,329 |
| 2003 | 14 | 14 | — | #5,349 |
| 2002 | 14 | 14 | #14,099 | #7,857 |
| 2001 | 17 | 17 | #14,035 | #6,140 |
| 2000 | 9 | 9 | — | #6,988 |
| 1999 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,164 |
| 1998 | 18 | 18 | #11,478 | #5,572 |
| 1997 | 11 | — | #12,544 | #9,682 |
| 1996 | 8 | — | — | #6,673 |
| 1995 | 12 | — | #10,838 | #9,250 |
| 1992 | 7 | — | #10,816 | — |
| 1990 | 6 | — | #11,813 | — |
| 1989 | 10 | — | #12,953 | #8,248 |
| 1987 | 7 | — | #9,043 | — |
| 1982 | 5 | — | #10,940 | — |
| 1977 | 5 | — | #10,039 | — |
| 1964 | 5 | — | #7,038 | — |