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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #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 1935

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedAKMaine: #158 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 895 boysMEVermont: #78 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 352 boysVTNew Hampshire: #60 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 303 boysNHWashington: #181 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,385 boysWAIdaho: #142 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 632 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #91 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 363 boysNDMinnesota: #118 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 643 boysMNIllinois: #89 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 541 boysILWisconsin: #125 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 813 boysWIMichigan: #93 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 532 boysMINew York: #59 for boys · 274 births · 1 in 307 boysNYMassachusetts: #65 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 462 boysMARhode Island: #62 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 352 boysRIOregon: #117 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 555 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Andrew, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #148 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 770 boysSDIowa: #155 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 949 boysIAIndiana: #151 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,024 boysINOhio: #90 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 543 boysOHPennsylvania: #46 for boys · 270 births · 1 in 267 boysPANew Jersey: #53 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 272 boysNJConnecticut: #43 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 187 boysCTCalifornia: #99 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 489 boysCAUtah: #153 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 712 boysUTColorado: #137 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 760 boysCONebraska: #194 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,455 boysNEMissouri: #119 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 670 boysMOKentucky: #121 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 671 boysKYWest Virginia: #102 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 543 boysWVVirginia: #59 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 274 boysVAMaryland: #66 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 348 boysMDDelaware: #56 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 287 boysDEArizona: #86 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 307 boysAZNew Mexico: #132 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 542 boysNMKansas: #192 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,340 boysKSArkansas: #103 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 496 boysARTennessee: #87 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 503 boysTNNorth Carolina: #105 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 543 boysNCSouth Carolina: #83 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 386 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #80 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 421 boysDCOklahoma: #141 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 778 boysOKLouisiana: #61 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 250 boysLAMississippi: #49 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 243 boysMSAlabama: #50 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 260 boysALGeorgia: #74 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 362 boysGAHawaii: #69 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 277 boysHITexas: #117 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 594 boysTXFlorida: #67 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 317 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Connecticut#43 · 1 in 187
  2. Pennsylvania#46 · 1 in 267
  3. Mississippi#49 · 1 in 243
  4. Alabama#50 · 1 in 260
  5. New Jersey#53 · 1 in 272

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#43511 in 187
Pennsylvania#462701 in 267
Mississippi#49841 in 243
Alabama#501061 in 260
New Jersey#53901 in 272
Delaware#5651 in 287
New York#592741 in 307
Virginia#59801 in 274
New Hampshire#60101 in 303
Louisiana#61761 in 250
Rhode Island#62121 in 352
Massachusetts#65611 in 462
Maryland#66331 in 348
Florida#67391 in 317
Hawaii#69111 in 277
Georgia#74791 in 362
Vermont#7871 in 352
District of Columbia#80101 in 421
South Carolina#83491 in 386
Arizona#86131 in 307
Tennessee#87521 in 503
Illinois#89961 in 541
Ohio#90861 in 543
North Dakota#91161 in 363
Michigan#93741 in 532
California#99751 in 489
West Virginia#102331 in 543
Arkansas#103371 in 496
North Carolina#105651 in 543
Oregon#117101 in 555
Texas#117961 in 594
Minnesota#118311 in 643
Missouri#119401 in 670
Kentucky#121391 in 671
Wisconsin#125291 in 813
New Mexico#13291 in 542
Colorado#137111 in 760
Oklahoma#141281 in 778
Idaho#14261 in 632
South Dakota#14871 in 770
Indiana#151231 in 1,024
Utah#15371 in 712
Iowa#155201 in 949
Maine#15871 in 895
Washington#18171 in 1,385
Kansas#192101 in 1,340
Nebraska#19471 in 1,455
Alaska———
Montana———
Nevada———
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 1935

girls
#1,917
17 births · 1 in 61,681 girls
boys
#85
2,291 births · 1 in 455 boys

Top girls' names in 1935

  1. #1Mary55,076
  2. #2Shirley42,366
  3. #3Barbara30,698
  4. #4Betty28,674
  5. #5Patricia22,879
  6. #6Dorothy19,406
  7. #7Joan18,220
  8. #8Margaret14,727
  9. #9Nancy14,544
  10. #10Helen12,785
  11. #1,917Andrew17

Top boys' names in 1935

  1. #1Robert56,527
  2. #2James55,005
  3. #3John47,509
  4. #4William40,204
  5. #5Richard33,946
  6. #6Charles29,983
  7. #7Donald29,674
  8. #8George18,564
  9. #9Thomas17,684
  10. #10Joseph17,181
  11. #85Andrew2,291
More about 1935

girls

1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 61,681 of them was named Andrew, which outranked 60.8% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Andrew
  1. #1,845Vanita18
  2. #1,845Verlee18
  3. #1,845Vicenta18
  4. #1,917Andrew17
  5. #1,917Adaline17
  6. #1,917Adriana17
  7. #1,917Aimee17
  8. #2,006Adelene16
  9. #2,006Alayne16
  10. #2,006Alease16

Tied with 88 names at #1,917; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
  2. ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
  3. ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
  4. ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
  5. ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Fallers
  1. ↓ 545Marcelina#938 → #1,483
  2. ↓ 456Tomasa#925 → #1,381
  3. ↓ 393Glendora#938 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 388Marceline#993 → #1,381
  5. ↓ 358Rheta#526 → #884

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

boys

1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 455 of them was named Andrew, which outranked 97.9% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Andrew
  1. #82Clyde2,355
  2. #83Allen2,312
  3. #84Lloyd2,296
  4. #85Andrew2,291
  5. #86Leon2,282
  6. #87Eddie2,281
  7. #88Clifford2,265
Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,371Darwyn#2,121 → #750
  2. ↑ 678Landon#1,608 → #930
  3. ↑ 678Stafford#1,658 → #980
  4. ↑ 666Lance#1,658 → #992
  5. ↑ 492Delwin#1,461 → #969
Fallers
  1. ↓ 534Estel#792 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 493Gustav#897 → #1,390
  3. ↓ 381Florian#845 → #1,226
  4. ↓ 353Laurie#942 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 342Valentin#931 → #1,273

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

See the top 100 for 1935 →