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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020202021peak #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 2021

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #94 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 256 boysAKMaine: #73 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 226 boysMEVermont: #94 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 232 boysVTNew Hampshire: #103 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 333 boysNHWashington: #58 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 290 boysWAIdaho: #71 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 259 boysIDMontana: #91 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 290 boysMTNorth Dakota: #37 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 160 boysNDMinnesota: #84 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 331 boysMNIllinois: #65 for boys · 172 births · 1 in 313 boysILWisconsin: #84 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 338 boysWIMichigan: #48 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 259 boysMINew York: #56 for boys · 328 births · 1 in 272 boysNYMassachusetts: #47 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 211 boysMARhode Island: #105 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 310 boysRIOregon: #90 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 346 boysORNevada: #36 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 191 boysNVWyoming: #74 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 181 boysWYSouth Dakota: #117 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 343 boysSDIowa: #105 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 380 boysIAIndiana: #60 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 275 boysINOhio: #52 for boys · 211 births · 1 in 257 boysOHPennsylvania: #45 for boys · 255 births · 1 in 217 boysPANew Jersey: #49 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 239 boysNJConnecticut: #52 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 225 boysCTCalifornia: #51 for boys · 760 births · 1 in 249 boysCAUtah: #59 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 287 boysUTColorado: #60 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 293 boysCONebraska: #126 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 423 boysNEMissouri: #52 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 255 boysMOKentucky: #66 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 276 boysKYWest Virginia: #98 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 319 boysWVVirginia: #53 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 252 boysVAMaryland: #48 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 235 boysMDDelaware: #62 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 189 boysDEArizona: #53 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 243 boysAZNew Mexico: #31 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 176 boysNMKansas: #53 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 242 boysKSArkansas: #38 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 206 boysARTennessee: #55 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 267 boysTNNorth Carolina: #70 for boys · 165 births · 1 in 309 boysNCSouth Carolina: #62 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 263 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #54 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 210 boysDCOklahoma: #85 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 339 boysOKLouisiana: #79 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 320 boysLAMississippi: #90 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 333 boysMSAlabama: #69 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 306 boysALGeorgia: #72 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 315 boysGAHawaii: #42 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 180 boysHITexas: #62 for boys · 604 births · 1 in 283 boysTXFlorida: #60 for boys · 337 births · 1 in 275 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Mexico#31 · 1 in 176
  2. Nevada#36 · 1 in 191
  3. North Dakota#37 · 1 in 160
  4. Arkansas#38 · 1 in 206
  5. Hawaii#42 · 1 in 180

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#31401 in 176
Nevada#36621 in 191
North Dakota#37221 in 160
Arkansas#38631 in 206
Hawaii#42191 in 180
Pennsylvania#452551 in 217
Massachusetts#471351 in 211
Maryland#481061 in 235
Michigan#481661 in 259
New Jersey#491701 in 239
California#517601 in 249
Connecticut#52621 in 225
Missouri#521121 in 255
Ohio#522111 in 257
Arizona#531341 in 243
Kansas#53571 in 242
Virginia#531551 in 252
District of Columbia#54161 in 210
Tennessee#551341 in 267
New York#563281 in 272
Washington#581151 in 290
Utah#59671 in 287
Colorado#60881 in 293
Florida#603371 in 275
Indiana#601191 in 275
Delaware#62171 in 189
South Carolina#62771 in 263
Texas#626041 in 283
Illinois#651721 in 313
Kentucky#66721 in 276
Alabama#69721 in 306
North Carolina#701651 in 309
Idaho#71311 in 259
Georgia#721601 in 315
Maine#73181 in 226
Wyoming#7471 in 181
Louisiana#79681 in 320
Minnesota#84761 in 331
Wisconsin#84721 in 338
Oklahoma#85531 in 339
Mississippi#90361 in 333
Oregon#90461 in 346
Montana#91121 in 290
Alaska#94101 in 256
Vermont#9461 in 232
West Virginia#98221 in 319
New Hampshire#103141 in 333
Iowa#105371 in 380
Rhode Island#105111 in 310
South Dakota#117111 in 343
Nebraska#126211 in 423

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 2021

girls
#12,206
7 births · 1 in 234,409 girls
boys
#57
5,623 births · 1 in 311 boys

Top girls' names in 2021

  1. #1Olivia17,847
  2. #2Emma15,549
  3. #3Charlotte13,368
  4. #4Amelia13,041
  5. #5Ava12,873
  6. #6Sophia12,585
  7. #7Isabella11,309
  8. #8Mia11,177
  9. #9Evelyn9,495
  10. #10Harper8,448
  11. #12,206Andrew7

Top boys' names in 2021

  1. #1Liam20,424
  2. #2Noah18,919
  3. #3Oliver14,713
  4. #4Elijah12,845
  5. #5James12,474
  6. #6William12,170
  7. #7Benjamin11,895
  8. #8Lucas11,584
  9. #9Henry11,370
  10. #10Theodore9,600
  11. #57Andrew5,623
More about 2021

girls

1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 234,409 of them was named Andrew, which outranked 30.9% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Andrew
  1. #11,146Zyleah8
  2. #11,146Zylia8
  3. #11,146Zyriah8
  4. #12,206Andrew7
  5. #12,206Aadhini7
  6. #12,206Aaditri7
  7. #12,206Aala7
  8. #13,464Aadhvika6
  9. #13,464Aakifah6
  10. #13,464Aaleya6

Tied with 1,257 names at #12,206; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. ↑ 437Raya#932 → #495
  2. ↑ 396Wrenley#893 → #497
  3. ↑ 298Angelique#1,173 → #875
  4. ↑ 283Emberlynn#1,241 → #958
  5. ↑ 276Flora#924 → #648
Fallers
  1. ↓ 475Denisse#852 → #1,327
  2. ↓ 347Denise#876 → #1,223
  3. ↓ 267Karen#821 → #1,088
  4. ↓ 227Keily#854 → #1,081
  5. ↓ 227Nathalie#911 → #1,138

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

boys

1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 311 of them was named Andrew, which outranked 99.6% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Andrew
  1. #54Jaxon5,750
  2. #55Miles5,730
  3. #56Isaiah5,724
  4. #57Andrew5,623
  5. #58Joshua5,531
  6. #59Nathan5,432
  7. #60Nolan5,354
Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. ↑ 536Amiri#1,295 → #759
  2. ↑ 438Eliam#1,177 → #739
  3. ↑ 343Colter#972 → #629
  4. ↑ 333Ozzy#1,046 → #713
  5. ↑ 299Loyal#1,053 → #754
Fallers
  1. ↓ 352Jaxtyn#585 → #937
  2. ↓ 259Karsyn#698 → #957
  3. ↓ 231Xzavier#976 → #1,207
  4. ↓ 208Tristen#846 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 208Willie#992 → #1,200

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

See the top 100 for 2021 →