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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #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 1920

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #9 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 26 boysAKMaine: #93 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 421 boysMEVermont: #57 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 211 boysVTNew Hampshire: #57 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 259 boysNHWashington: #84 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 391 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedIDMontana: #69 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 300 boysMTNorth Dakota: #78 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 288 boysNDMinnesota: #78 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 345 boysMNIllinois: #56 for boys · 200 births · 1 in 267 boysILWisconsin: #83 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 384 boysWIMichigan: #60 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 299 boysMINew York: #56 for boys · 388 births · 1 in 233 boysNYMassachusetts: #54 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 270 boysMARhode Island: #53 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 254 boysRIOregon: #105 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 468 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedNVWyoming: #61 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 230 boysWYSouth Dakota: #60 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 208 boysSDIowa: #116 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 654 boysIAIndiana: #93 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 519 boysINOhio: #51 for boys · 192 births · 1 in 257 boysOHPennsylvania: #25 for boys · 720 births · 1 in 118 boysPANew Jersey: #28 for boys · 224 births · 1 in 130 boysNJConnecticut: #28 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 132 boysCTCalifornia: #65 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 333 boysCAUtah: #94 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 360 boysUTColorado: #96 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 454 boysCONebraska: #125 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 663 boysNEMissouri: #83 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 398 boysMOKentucky: #72 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 372 boysKYWest Virginia: #56 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 310 boysWVVirginia: #51 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 260 boysVAMaryland: #55 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 264 boysMDDelaware: #42 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 195 boysDEArizona: #55 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 243 boysAZNew Mexico: #81 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 306 boysNMKansas: #128 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 721 boysKSArkansas: #54 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 243 boysARTennessee: #51 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 250 boysTNNorth Carolina: #60 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 328 boysNCSouth Carolina: #44 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 233 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #51 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 248 boysDCOklahoma: #85 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 368 boysOKLouisiana: #37 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 187 boysLAMississippi: #45 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 247 boysMSAlabama: #36 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 203 boysALGeorgia: #47 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 245 boysGAHawaii: #124 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 447 boysHITexas: #68 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 317 boysTXFlorida: #39 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 197 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alaska#9 · 1 in 26
  2. Pennsylvania#25 · 1 in 118
  3. New Jersey#28 · 1 in 130
  4. Connecticut#28 · 1 in 132
  5. Alabama#36 · 1 in 203

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#981 in 26
Pennsylvania#257201 in 118
Connecticut#28941 in 132
New Jersey#282241 in 130
Alabama#361261 in 203
Louisiana#371001 in 187
Florida#39491 in 197
Delaware#4291 in 195
South Carolina#44911 in 233
Mississippi#45781 in 247
Georgia#471311 in 245
District of Columbia#51121 in 248
Ohio#511921 in 257
Tennessee#51941 in 250
Virginia#51921 in 260
Rhode Island#53201 in 254
Arkansas#54721 in 243
Massachusetts#541231 in 270
Arizona#55151 in 243
Maryland#55491 in 264
Illinois#562001 in 267
New York#563881 in 233
West Virginia#56491 in 310
New Hampshire#57121 in 259
Vermont#57111 in 211
Michigan#601131 in 299
North Carolina#601001 in 328
South Dakota#60301 in 208
Wyoming#6171 in 230
California#65781 in 333
Texas#681601 in 317
Montana#69161 in 300
Kentucky#72671 in 372
Minnesota#78611 in 345
North Dakota#78231 in 288
New Mexico#81121 in 306
Missouri#83701 in 398
Wisconsin#83591 in 384
Washington#84251 in 391
Oklahoma#85591 in 368
Indiana#93461 in 519
Maine#93141 in 421
Utah#94131 in 360
Colorado#96181 in 454
Oregon#105121 in 468
Iowa#116321 in 654
Hawaii#12451 in 447
Nebraska#125181 in 663
Kansas#128221 in 721
Idaho———
Nevada———

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 1920

girls
#1,816
22 births · 1 in 54,468 girls
boys
#49
4,026 births · 1 in 264 boys

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #1,816Andrew22

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #49Andrew4,026
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 54,468 of them was named Andrew, which outranked 68.5% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Andrew
  1. #1,751Violetta23
  2. #1,751Wilberta23
  3. #1,751Wyoma23
  4. #1,816Andrew22
  5. #1,816Agness22
  6. #1,816Aliene22
  7. #1,816Alvin22
  8. #1,889Adel21
  9. #1,889Adelaida21
  10. #1,889Annalee21

Tied with 72 names at #1,816; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. ↑ 550Denise#1,481 → #931
  2. ↑ 321Blossom#1,242 → #921
  3. ↑ 311Lilia#1,242 → #931
  4. ↑ 302Ena#1,270 → #968
  5. ↑ 277Lorayne#1,216 → #939
Fallers
  1. ↓ 594Haruko#917 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 511Roselle#1,000 → #1,511
  3. ↓ 345Toshiko#967 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 304Carroll#902 → #1,206
  5. ↓ 297Santina#835 → #1,132

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

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 264 of them was named Andrew, which outranked 99.0% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Andrew
  1. #46Bernard4,163
  2. #47Norman4,109
  3. #48Leo4,054
  4. #49Andrew4,026
  5. #50Michael4,003
  6. #51Russell3,901
  7. #52Daniel3,897
Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Harding#1,351 → #391
  2. ↑ 607Cameron#1,351 → #744
  3. ↑ 566Hardin#1,531 → #965
  4. ↑ 392Laurel#1,321 → #929
  5. ↑ 368Terrence#1,297 → #929
Fallers
  1. ↓ 789Pershing#593 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 580Woodroe#877 → #1,457
  3. ↓ 385Quinten#867 → #1,252
  4. ↓ 383Orvel#890 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 373Rexford#927 → #1,300

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

See the top 100 for 1920 →