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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #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 1926

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #7 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 19 boysAKMaine: #182 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,212 boysMEVermont: #62 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 268 boysVTNew Hampshire: #54 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 226 boysNHWashington: #94 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 410 boysWAIdaho: #112 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 446 boysIDMontana: #85 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 379 boysMTNorth Dakota: #93 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 373 boysNDMinnesota: #101 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 500 boysMNIllinois: #79 for boys · 139 births · 1 in 417 boysILWisconsin: #102 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 564 boysWIMichigan: #63 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 308 boysMINew York: #58 for boys · 327 births · 1 in 294 boysNYMassachusetts: #54 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 317 boysMARhode Island: #61 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 295 boysRIOregon: #135 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 727 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #109 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 489 boysSDIowa: #124 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 643 boysIAIndiana: #109 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 663 boysINOhio: #55 for boys · 172 births · 1 in 306 boysOHPennsylvania: #37 for boys · 492 births · 1 in 177 boysPANew Jersey: #37 for boys · 178 births · 1 in 169 boysNJConnecticut: #32 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 137 boysCTCalifornia: #73 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 361 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedUTColorado: #115 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 537 boysCONebraska: #132 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 687 boysNEMissouri: #104 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 546 boysMOKentucky: #83 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 456 boysKYWest Virginia: #94 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 516 boysWVVirginia: #51 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 243 boysVAMaryland: #69 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 364 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedDEArizona: #101 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 378 boysAZNew Mexico: #134 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 531 boysNMKansas: #143 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 798 boysKSArkansas: #61 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 262 boysARTennessee: #71 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 369 boysTNNorth Carolina: #60 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 336 boysNCSouth Carolina: #57 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 305 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #53 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 260 boysDCOklahoma: #109 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 539 boysOKLouisiana: #36 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 173 boysLAMississippi: #43 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 239 boysMSAlabama: #41 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 213 boysALGeorgia: #70 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 338 boysGAHawaii: #97 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 347 boysHITexas: #92 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 416 boysTXFlorida: #44 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 221 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alaska#7 · 1 in 19
  2. Connecticut#32 · 1 in 137
  3. Louisiana#36 · 1 in 173
  4. New Jersey#37 · 1 in 169
  5. Pennsylvania#37 · 1 in 177

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#7101 in 19
Connecticut#32861 in 137
Louisiana#361151 in 173
New Jersey#371781 in 169
Pennsylvania#374921 in 177
Alabama#411291 in 213
Mississippi#43851 in 239
Florida#44691 in 221
Virginia#51911 in 243
District of Columbia#53131 in 260
Massachusetts#541071 in 317
New Hampshire#54141 in 226
Ohio#551721 in 306
South Carolina#57601 in 305
New York#583271 in 294
North Carolina#601011 in 336
Arkansas#61701 in 262
Rhode Island#61181 in 295
Vermont#6291 in 268
Michigan#631331 in 308
Maryland#69361 in 364
Georgia#70801 in 338
Tennessee#71651 in 369
California#731021 in 361
Illinois#791391 in 417
Kentucky#83561 in 456
Montana#85101 in 379
Texas#921321 in 416
North Dakota#93171 in 373
Washington#94231 in 410
West Virginia#94341 in 516
Hawaii#9791 in 347
Arizona#101101 in 378
Minnesota#101431 in 500
Wisconsin#102421 in 564
Missouri#104541 in 546
Indiana#109391 in 663
Oklahoma#109421 in 539
South Dakota#109121 in 489
Idaho#11281 in 446
Colorado#115151 in 537
Iowa#124311 in 643
Nebraska#132171 in 687
New Mexico#13471 in 531
Oregon#13581 in 727
Kansas#143191 in 798
Maine#18251 in 1,212
Delaware———
Nevada———
Utah———
Wyoming———

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 1926

girls
#1,623
26 births · 1 in 45,592 girls
boys
#59
3,344 births · 1 in 332 boys

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #1,623Andrew26

Top boys' names in 1926

  1. #1Robert61,130
  2. #2John56,108
  3. #3James53,196
  4. #4William51,922
  5. #5Charles29,521
  6. #6George25,910
  7. #7Richard25,143
  8. #8Joseph23,756
  9. #9Donald20,912
  10. #10Edward19,375
  11. #59Andrew3,344
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 45,592 of them was named Andrew, which outranked 71.1% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Andrew
  1. #1,589Violetta27
  2. #1,589Wilmer27
  3. #1,589Yoshie27
  4. #1,623Andrew26
  5. #1,623Alleen26
  6. #1,623America26
  7. #1,623Berna26
  8. #1,667Aleene25
  9. #1,667Alethea25
  10. #1,667Amada25

Tied with 43 names at #1,623; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
  2. ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
  3. ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
  4. ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
  5. ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Fallers
  1. ↓ 597Albertine#944 → #1,541
  2. ↓ 462Cleora#895 → #1,357
  3. ↓ 461Lorrayne#988 → #1,449
  4. ↓ 453Hermina#996 → #1,449
  5. ↓ 307Ethelene#913 → #1,220

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

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 332 of them was named Andrew, which outranked 98.8% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Andrew
  1. #56Michael3,485
  2. #57Ray3,409
  3. #58Peter3,358
  4. #59Andrew3,344
  5. #60Lloyd3,278
  6. #61Elmer3,233
  7. #62Clifford3,190
Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 477Jonnie#1,332 → #855
  2. ↑ 433Jorge#1,425 → #992
  3. ↑ 410Faustino#1,390 → #980
  4. ↑ 404Adelbert#1,246 → #842
  5. ↑ 381Cameron#1,164 → #783
Fallers
  1. ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
  2. ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
  3. ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
  5. ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1926 →