Andrew

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #73 for boys in 2025, 4,497 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1988 · 35,745 births
Debut · boys
644 births
In top 100 · boys
146 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,329,454
since 1880

Andrew over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201910peak #5, 1988boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#13,2086#734,497
2024#8,94611#684,791
2023#13,4626#654,812
2022#12,2437#615,168
2021#12,2067#575,623
2020#7,96913#526,068
2019#8,59712#466,815
2018#9,80610#437,315
2017#7,84014#408,290
2016#7,23016#349,437
2015#10,14810#3010,147
2014#9,51711#2211,189
2013#8,13514#2211,684
2012#6,11021#1812,643
2011#9,72311#1613,297
2010#7,88015#1414,269
2009#6,09122#1614,877
2008#4,88230#1216,779
2007#5,09728#1018,461
2006#5,90622#719,733
2005#4,26732#620,742
2004#1,871101#621,717
2003#3,59039#522,162
2002#3,97832#622,037
2001#3,14244#722,422
2000#3,07045#723,658
1999#3,24539#723,866
1998#2,61452#923,664
1997#2,55650#725,208
1996#2,71445#1025,244
1995#2,34556#1125,860
1994#2,12464#1026,019
1993#1,89874#1027,326
1992#1,537101#530,542
1991#1,61993#531,539
1990#1,479105#733,673
1989#1,123147#734,817
1988#844213#535,745
1987#789223#636,206
1986#792212#833,858
1985#799207#1130,178
1984#953152#1425,916
1983#823186#1525,559
1982#942158#1722,833
1981#1,155116#1820,232
1980#1,33794#1919,730
1979#1,080127#2018,618
1978#1,38684#2216,720
1977#1,44077#2416,017
1976#1,69457#2713,301
1975#1,62560#2812,756
1974#1,64656#2811,778
1973#1,71452#2910,728
1972#1,85645#3010,111
1971#1,68654#3310,911
1970#1,75551#3211,989
1969#1,92742#3311,282
1968#1,49158#3410,563
1967#1,61749#359,967
1966#1,56851#3610,235
1965#1,95035#379,673
1964#1,89239#3710,494
1963#2,01534#429,514
1962#1,88937#498,697
1961#2,47424#528,483
1960#2,43224#518,201
1959#2,28925#587,089
1958#1,98531#557,115
1957#2,21825#566,997
1956#2,38922#566,603
1955#2,22224#666,012
1954#2,77916#705,653
1953#2,36320#685,626
1952#3,20112#685,572
1951#2,57716#695,373
1950#2,34118#684,932
1949#2,06922#754,513
1948#3,13711#774,305
1947#3,06112#824,346
1946#2,48215#843,758
1945#2,33914#863,007
1944#2,19916#813,056
1943#2,25116#793,352
1942#2,11717#803,142
1941#2,27214#822,708
1940#2,29713#842,431
1939#2,41712#842,440
1938#3,1818#822,411
1937#2,19614#792,405
1936#2,38612#832,276
1935#1,91717#852,291
1934#1,55623#762,443
1933#1,97016#762,344
1932#1,59723#692,645
1931#1,33630#652,714
1930#1,60724#623,056
1929#1,41929#593,076
1928#1,29035#603,142
1927#1,36235#563,437
1926#1,62326#593,344
1925#2,37815#563,617
1924#1,77024#563,744
1923#1,67225#533,748
1922#1,73024#533,803
1921#2,19517#514,015
1920#1,81622#494,026
1919#1,80121#473,851
1918#2,10217#464,138
1917#2,55212#483,752
1916#2,02816#463,723
1915#1,62221#463,573
1914#2,00912#442,965
1913#2,3318#472,222
1912#2,1448#441,946
1911#2,1916#421,098
1910#1,7738#42884
1909—#38766
1908—#39722
1907—#40708
1906—#41611
1905—#40619
1904—#43546
1903—#42550
1902—#42558
1901—#40479
1900—#37718
1899—#36578
1898#1,09810#38611
1897—#36555
1896—#37566
1895—#37562
1894—#35594
1893—#40520
1892—#32637
1891—#33521
1890—#34575
1889—#33561
1888—#33615
1887—#33520
1886#1,1085#29614
1885—#30599
1884—#29616
1883—#24623
1882—#24673
1881#8305#24588
1880—#24644
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Andrew was already there! It came in at #24, and was given to 644 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1907, when fewer than 720 boys a year got the name.

Where Andrew is popular in 1910

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #50 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 137 boysNDMinnesota: #70 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 260 boysMNIllinois: #43 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 201 boysILWisconsin: #61 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 200 boysWIMichigan: #51 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 212 boysMINew York: #48 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 199 boysNYMassachusetts: #48 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 249 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedSDIowa: #75 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 311 boysIAIndiana: #62 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 252 boysINOhio: #49 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 228 boysOHPennsylvania: #27 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 115 boysPANew Jersey: #24 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 102 boysNJConnecticut: #20 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 67 boysCTCalifornia: #39 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 161 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedCONebraska: #50 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 159 boysNEMissouri: #80 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 383 boysMOKentucky: #63 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 286 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedWVVirginia: #66 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 318 boysVAMaryland: #57 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 279 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedNMKansas: #73 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 274 boysKSArkansas: #48 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 195 boysARTennessee: #41 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 185 boysTNNorth Carolina: #44 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 209 boysNCSouth Carolina: #38 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 176 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #52 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 202 boysOKLouisiana: #24 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 113 boysLAMississippi: #24 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 131 boysMSAlabama: #37 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 169 boysALGeorgia: #36 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 196 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedHITexas: #57 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 245 boysTXFlorida: #34 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 152 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Connecticut#20 · 1 in 67
  2. New Jersey#24 · 1 in 102
  3. Louisiana#24 · 1 in 113
  4. Mississippi#24 · 1 in 131
  5. Pennsylvania#27 · 1 in 115

Best ever in a state: #1 in Nebraska, 1987.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#20201 in 67
Louisiana#24431 in 113
Mississippi#24491 in 131
New Jersey#24361 in 102
Pennsylvania#271181 in 115
Florida#34171 in 152
Georgia#36461 in 196
Alabama#37391 in 169
South Carolina#38321 in 176
California#39201 in 161
Tennessee#41261 in 185
Illinois#43411 in 201
North Carolina#44311 in 209
Arkansas#48181 in 195
Massachusetts#48191 in 249
New York#48791 in 199
Ohio#49271 in 228
Nebraska#5091 in 159
North Dakota#5061 in 137
Michigan#51161 in 212
Oklahoma#52161 in 202
Maryland#5781 in 279
Texas#57371 in 245
Wisconsin#61121 in 200
Indiana#62111 in 252
Kentucky#63161 in 286
Virginia#66161 in 318
Minnesota#7091 in 260
Kansas#7381 in 274
Iowa#7571 in 311
Missouri#80131 in 383
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Andrew
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 5 spots since 2024 (#68 → #73)
  • 21 spots since 2020 (#52 → #73)
  • 43 spots since 2015 (#30 → #73)
  • Biggest jump: 10 spots in 1956 (#66 → #56)
  • Biggest drop: 9 spots in 1935 (#76 → #85)
Rise & fade · boys
108 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1988 at #5 (35,745 births)
  • Births halved by 2008, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: 21 yrs · run 1996–2007
  • Top 100: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 52
  • Highest: 1 in 52 boys born in 1987 were named Andrew (1.9%)
  • Latest: 1 in 380 boys born in 2025 (0.26%)
  • Its best rank, #5 in 1988, was only 1 in 54 (1.9%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 21.4% of all boys named Andrew (285,074) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6,053#24 (1882)#28
1890s5,719#32 (1892)#36
1900s6,277#37 (1900)#40
1910s28,152#42 (1911)#45
1920s35,952#49 (1920)#55
1930s25,025#62 (1930)#76
1940s34,618#75 (1949)#81
1950s60,972#55 (1958)#63
1960s97,109#33 (1969)#41
1970s132,929#20 (1979)#27
1980s285,074#5 (1988)#12
1990s272,941#5 (1991)#8
2000s202,588#5 (2003)#8
2010s105,086#14 (2010)#29
2020s30,959#52 (2020)#63

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Andrew in 1910

girls
#1,773
8 births · 1 in 49,563 girls
boys
#42
884 births · 1 in 220 boys

Top girls' names in 1910

  1. #1Mary22,848
  2. #2Helen10,479
  3. #3Margaret8,226
  4. #4Dorothy7,318
  5. #5Ruth7,212
  6. #6Anna6,436
  7. #7Elizabeth5,800
  8. #8Mildred5,692
  9. #9Marie4,790
  10. #10Alice4,671
  11. #1,773Andrew8

Top boys' names in 1910

  1. #1John11,450
  2. #2James9,194
  3. #3William8,844
  4. #4Robert5,609
  5. #5George5,441
  6. #6Joseph5,228
  7. #7Charles4,784
  8. #8Frank3,768
  9. #9Edward3,407
  10. #10Henry2,899
  11. #42Andrew884
More about 1910

girls

396,503 girls got a published name in 1910; 1 in 49,563 of them was named Andrew, which outranked 36.5% of the 2,790 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Andrew
  1. #1,634Zelphia9
  2. #1,634Zera9
  3. #1,634Zuma9
  4. #1,773Andrew8
  5. #1,773Aileene8
  6. #1,773Ala8
  7. #1,773Aleda8
  8. #1,935Adelene7
  9. #1,935Aldora7
  10. #1,935Aleta7

Tied with 161 names at #1,773; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Alys#1,957 → #997
  2. ↑ 849Lannie#1,763 → #914
  3. ↑ 766Luz#1,763 → #997
  4. ↑ 762Vivien#1,607 → #845
  5. ↑ 693Buna#1,607 → #914
Fallers
  1. ↓ 864Earl#909 → #1,773
  2. ↓ 864Fleta#909 → #1,773
  3. ↓ 783Elba#990 → #1,773
  4. ↓ 644Odile#990 → #1,634
  5. ↓ 576Claribel#845 → #1,421

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

194,208 boys got a published name in 1910; 1 in 220 of them was named Andrew, which outranked 97.7% of the 1,839 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Andrew
  1. #39Eugene888
  2. #39Sam888
  3. #41Herbert886
  4. #42Andrew884
  5. #43Kenneth880
  6. #44Donald860
  7. #45Michael844
Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. ↑ 711Emma#1,440 → #729
  2. ↑ 679Arturo#1,277 → #598
  3. ↑ 679Sammy#1,277 → #598
  4. ↑ 658Tracy#1,440 → #782
  5. ↑ 623Issac#1,277 → #654
Fallers
  1. ↓ 833Hadley#756 → #1,589
  2. ↓ 785Cedric#804 → #1,589
  3. ↓ 707Waymon#714 → #1,421
  4. ↓ 696Hughie#893 → #1,589
  5. ↓ 696Maceo#893 → #1,589

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1910 →