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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #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 1998

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #8 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 60 boysAKMaine: #19 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 75 boysMEVermont: #19 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 69 boysVTNew Hampshire: #9 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 57 boysNHWashington: #5 for boys · 511 births · 1 in 67 boysWAIdaho: #7 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 73 boysIDMontana: #9 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 75 boysMTNorth Dakota: #13 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 64 boysNDMinnesota: #5 for boys · 521 births · 1 in 55 boysMNIllinois: #8 for boys · 1,052 births · 1 in 76 boysILWisconsin: #10 for boys · 432 births · 1 in 67 boysWIMichigan: #9 for boys · 924 births · 1 in 65 boysMINew York: #13 for boys · 1,522 births · 1 in 76 boysNYMassachusetts: #10 for boys · 639 births · 1 in 57 boysMARhode Island: #7 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 48 boysRIOregon: #6 for boys · 287 births · 1 in 70 boysORNevada: #14 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 81 boysNVWyoming: #12 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 69 boysWYSouth Dakota: #8 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 64 boysSDIowa: #8 for boys · 260 births · 1 in 63 boysIAIndiana: #7 for boys · 605 births · 1 in 63 boysINOhio: #7 for boys · 1,170 births · 1 in 60 boysOHPennsylvania: #11 for boys · 1,019 births · 1 in 65 boysPANew Jersey: #12 for boys · 701 births · 1 in 69 boysNJConnecticut: #6 for boys · 359 births · 1 in 52 boysCTCalifornia: #8 for boys · 3,434 births · 1 in 71 boysCAUtah: #8 for boys · 274 births · 1 in 72 boysUTColorado: #11 for boys · 334 births · 1 in 78 boysCONebraska: #7 for boys · 157 births · 1 in 64 boysNEMissouri: #8 for boys · 548 births · 1 in 63 boysMOKentucky: #14 for boys · 336 births · 1 in 70 boysKYWest Virginia: #18 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 72 boysWVVirginia: #13 for boys · 564 births · 1 in 70 boysVAMaryland: #13 for boys · 419 births · 1 in 68 boysMDDelaware: #17 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 58 boysDEArizona: #15 for boys · 378 births · 1 in 92 boysAZNew Mexico: #11 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 80 boysNMKansas: #8 for boys · 210 births · 1 in 75 boysKSArkansas: #17 for boys · 168 births · 1 in 86 boysARTennessee: #12 for boys · 519 births · 1 in 69 boysTNNorth Carolina: #14 for boys · 631 births · 1 in 77 boysNCSouth Carolina: #13 for boys · 284 births · 1 in 72 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #14 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 72 boysDCOklahoma: #18 for boys · 212 births · 1 in 97 boysOKLouisiana: #22 for boys · 237 births · 1 in 115 boysLAMississippi: #18 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 98 boysMSAlabama: #12 for boys · 335 births · 1 in 75 boysALGeorgia: #11 for boys · 702 births · 1 in 73 boysGAHawaii: #18 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 85 boysHITexas: #14 for boys · 1,603 births · 1 in 100 boysTXFlorida: #23 for boys · 878 births · 1 in 99 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Minnesota#5 · 1 in 55
  2. Washington#5 · 1 in 67
  3. Connecticut#6 · 1 in 52
  4. Oregon#6 · 1 in 70
  5. Rhode Island#7 · 1 in 48

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#55211 in 55
Washington#55111 in 67
Connecticut#63591 in 52
Oregon#62871 in 70
Idaho#71041 in 73
Indiana#76051 in 63
Nebraska#71571 in 64
Ohio#71,1701 in 60
Rhode Island#71131 in 48
Alaska#8551 in 60
California#83,4341 in 71
Illinois#81,0521 in 76
Iowa#82601 in 63
Kansas#82101 in 75
Missouri#85481 in 63
South Dakota#8621 in 64
Utah#82741 in 72
Michigan#99241 in 65
Montana#9531 in 75
New Hampshire#91071 in 57
Massachusetts#106391 in 57
Wisconsin#104321 in 67
Colorado#113341 in 78
Georgia#117021 in 73
New Mexico#111351 in 80
Pennsylvania#111,0191 in 65
Alabama#123351 in 75
New Jersey#127011 in 69
Tennessee#125191 in 69
Wyoming#12281 in 69
Maryland#134191 in 68
New York#131,5221 in 76
North Dakota#13551 in 64
South Carolina#132841 in 72
Virginia#135641 in 70
District of Columbia#14691 in 72
Kentucky#143361 in 70
Nevada#141401 in 81
North Carolina#146311 in 77
Texas#141,6031 in 100
Arizona#153781 in 92
Arkansas#171681 in 86
Delaware#17671 in 58
Hawaii#18611 in 85
Mississippi#181561 in 98
Oklahoma#182121 in 97
West Virginia#181241 in 72
Maine#19761 in 75
Vermont#19341 in 69
Louisiana#222371 in 115
Florida#238781 in 99

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 1998

girls
#2,614
52 births · 1 in 33,980 girls
boys
#9
23,664 births · 1 in 81 boys

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #2,614Andrew52

Top boys' names in 1998

  1. #1Michael36,618
  2. #2Jacob36,031
  3. #3Matthew31,146
  4. #4Joshua28,095
  5. #5Christopher27,007
  6. #6Nicholas26,632
  7. #7Brandon23,832
  8. #8Tyler23,712
  9. #9Andrew23,664
  10. #10Austin23,478
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 33,980 of them was named Andrew, which outranked 84.3% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Andrew
  1. #2,570Shari53
  2. #2,570Soledad53
  3. #2,570Tesla53
  4. #2,614Andrew52
  5. #2,614Aliana52
  6. #2,614Bibiana52
  7. #2,614Briyana52
  8. #2,651Ambrosia51
  9. #2,651Anahy51
  10. #2,651Annamaria51

Tied with 36 names at #2,614; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,123Calista#2,820 → #697
  2. ↑ 1,165Ireland#1,983 → #818
  3. ↑ 1,158Abril#2,116 → #958
  4. ↑ 755Mya#993 → #238
  5. ↑ 619Ally#1,036 → #417
Fallers
  1. ↓ 586Yulissa#424 → #1,010
  2. ↓ 462Moesha#943 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 397Yulisa#985 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 376Tonya#905 → #1,281
  5. ↓ 347Xena#765 → #1,112

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

boys

1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 81 of them was named Andrew, which outranked 99.9% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Andrew
  1. #6Nicholas26,632
  2. #7Brandon23,832
  3. #8Tyler23,712
  4. #9Andrew23,664
  5. #10Austin23,478
  6. #11Joseph23,186
  7. #12Daniel23,165
Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,736Tyrese#2,347 → #611
  2. ↑ 805Zion#1,499 → #694
  3. ↑ 785Mekhi#1,706 → #921
  4. ↑ 743Tyriq#1,519 → #776
  5. ↑ 741Tavian#1,599 → #858
Fallers
  1. ↓ 429Coty#918 → #1,347
  2. ↓ 367Anfernee#838 → #1,205
  3. ↓ 326Jessy#962 → #1,288
  4. ↓ 295Mickey#966 → #1,261
  5. ↓ 280Mikal#1,000 → #1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1998 →