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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201983peak #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 1983

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #15 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 62 boysAKMaine: #11 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 47 boysMEVermont: #10 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 46 boysVTNew Hampshire: #16 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 51 boysNHWashington: #9 for boys · 590 births · 1 in 53 boysWAIdaho: #14 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 61 boysIDMontana: #14 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 57 boysMTNorth Dakota: #10 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 53 boysNDMinnesota: #3 for boys · 907 births · 1 in 34 boysMNIllinois: #15 for boys · 1,289 births · 1 in 63 boysILWisconsin: #4 for boys · 927 births · 1 in 36 boysWIMichigan: #11 for boys · 1,215 births · 1 in 51 boysMINew York: #13 for boys · 1,800 births · 1 in 65 boysNYMassachusetts: #8 for boys · 851 births · 1 in 43 boysMARhode Island: #14 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 53 boysRIOregon: #8 for boys · 389 births · 1 in 47 boysORNevada: #24 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 81 boysNVWyoming: #15 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 60 boysWYSouth Dakota: #9 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 46 boysSDIowa: #7 for boys · 507 births · 1 in 40 boysIAIndiana: #11 for boys · 757 births · 1 in 50 boysINOhio: #14 for boys · 1,460 births · 1 in 52 boysOHPennsylvania: #15 for boys · 1,486 births · 1 in 52 boysPANew Jersey: #16 for boys · 639 births · 1 in 69 boysNJConnecticut: #15 for boys · 302 births · 1 in 62 boysCTCalifornia: #15 for boys · 2,598 births · 1 in 80 boysCAUtah: #17 for boys · 261 births · 1 in 70 boysUTColorado: #14 for boys · 411 births · 1 in 61 boysCONebraska: #6 for boys · 306 births · 1 in 39 boysNEMissouri: #12 for boys · 668 births · 1 in 54 boysMOKentucky: #20 for boys · 317 births · 1 in 81 boysKYWest Virginia: #20 for boys · 181 births · 1 in 69 boysWVVirginia: #17 for boys · 564 births · 1 in 62 boysVAMaryland: #14 for boys · 447 births · 1 in 58 boysMDDelaware: #16 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 62 boysDEArizona: #19 for boys · 302 births · 1 in 79 boysAZNew Mexico: #16 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 81 boysNMKansas: #9 for boys · 355 births · 1 in 50 boysKSArkansas: #28 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 114 boysARTennessee: #20 for boys · 391 births · 1 in 81 boysTNNorth Carolina: #20 for boys · 425 births · 1 in 89 boysNCSouth Carolina: #23 for boys · 207 births · 1 in 100 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #15 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 65 boysDCOklahoma: #24 for boys · 262 births · 1 in 96 boysOKLouisiana: #33 for boys · 261 births · 1 in 141 boysLAMississippi: #28 for boys · 137 births · 1 in 132 boysMSAlabama: #27 for boys · 238 births · 1 in 107 boysALGeorgia: #19 for boys · 444 births · 1 in 91 boysGAHawaii: #24 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 97 boysHITexas: #21 for boys · 1,293 births · 1 in 110 boysTXFlorida: #20 for boys · 719 births · 1 in 95 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Minnesota#3 · 1 in 34
  2. Wisconsin#4 · 1 in 36
  3. Nebraska#6 · 1 in 39
  4. Iowa#7 · 1 in 40
  5. Massachusetts#8 · 1 in 43

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#39071 in 34
Wisconsin#49271 in 36
Nebraska#63061 in 39
Iowa#75071 in 40
Massachusetts#88511 in 43
Oregon#83891 in 47
Kansas#93551 in 50
South Dakota#91161 in 46
Washington#95901 in 53
North Dakota#101081 in 53
Vermont#10711 in 46
Indiana#117571 in 50
Maine#111531 in 47
Michigan#111,2151 in 51
Missouri#126681 in 54
New York#131,8001 in 65
Colorado#144111 in 61
Idaho#141311 in 61
Maryland#144471 in 58
Montana#141011 in 57
Ohio#141,4601 in 52
Rhode Island#141071 in 53
Alaska#15761 in 62
California#152,5981 in 80
Connecticut#153021 in 62
District of Columbia#151161 in 65
Illinois#151,2891 in 63
Pennsylvania#151,4861 in 52
Wyoming#15651 in 60
Delaware#16631 in 62
New Hampshire#161221 in 51
New Jersey#166391 in 69
New Mexico#161451 in 81
Utah#172611 in 70
Virginia#175641 in 62
Arizona#193021 in 79
Georgia#194441 in 91
Florida#207191 in 95
Kentucky#203171 in 81
North Carolina#204251 in 89
Tennessee#203911 in 81
West Virginia#201811 in 69
Texas#211,2931 in 110
South Carolina#232071 in 100
Hawaii#24751 in 97
Nevada#24711 in 81
Oklahoma#242621 in 96
Alabama#272381 in 107
Arkansas#281331 in 114
Mississippi#281371 in 132
Louisiana#332611 in 141

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 1983

girls
#823
186 births · 1 in 8,982 girls
boys
#15
25,559 births · 1 in 70 boys

Top girls' names in 1983

  1. #1Jennifer54,353
  2. #2Jessica45,283
  3. #3Amanda33,749
  4. #4Ashley33,289
  5. #5Sarah27,228
  6. #6Melissa23,475
  7. #7Nicole22,400
  8. #8Stephanie22,329
  9. #9Heather20,747
  10. #10Elizabeth19,842
  11. #823Andrew186

Top boys' names in 1983

  1. #1Michael68,004
  2. #2Christopher59,324
  3. #3Matthew50,209
  4. #4David39,201
  5. #5Joshua36,687
  6. #6James36,342
  7. #7Jason35,113
  8. #8Daniel34,748
  9. #9John33,154
  10. #10Robert32,745
  11. #15Andrew25,559
More about 1983

girls

1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 8,982 of them was named Andrew, which outranked 93.2% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Andrew
  1. #820Cecelia187
  2. #820Karyn187
  3. #820William187
  4. #823Andrew186
  5. #823Afton186
  6. #823Jeannine186
  7. #823Loni186
  8. #828Angelia185
  9. #828Annmarie185
  10. #828Jaimie185

Tied with 4 names at #823; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,772Ciji#7,469 → #697
  2. ↑ 6,751Kirby#7,469 → #718
  3. ↑ 2,656Dwan#3,530 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,888Mallory#2,220 → #332
  5. ↑ 987Marquita#1,099 → #112
Fallers
  1. ↓ 656Syreeta#717 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 572Jenilee#817 → #1,389
  3. ↓ 538Tenika#947 → #1,485
  4. ↓ 396Toccara#541 → #937
  5. ↓ 333Venus#950 → #1,283

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

boys

1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 70 of them was named Andrew, which outranked 99.8% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Andrew
  1. #12Justin28,298
  2. #13Ryan27,849
  3. #14Brian26,050
  4. #15Andrew25,559
  5. #16William25,396
  6. #17Brandon23,519
  7. #18Adam23,488
Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,260Remington#3,108 → #848
  2. ↑ 2,159Trumaine#3,108 → #949
  3. ↑ 1,157Akeem#1,774 → #617
  4. ↑ 738Jacoby#1,654 → #916
  5. ↑ 655Deven#1,622 → #967
Fallers
  1. ↓ 284Marcello#969 → #1,253
  2. ↓ 275Schuyler#845 → #1,120
  3. ↓ 273Jessy#917 → #1,190
  4. ↓ 258Kennith#981 → #1,239
  5. ↓ 220Jarrad#933 → #1,153

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

See the top 100 for 1983 →