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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #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.

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 1956

girls
#2,389
22 births · 1 in 91,259 girls
boys
#56
6,603 births · 1 in 320 boys

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852
  11. #2,389Andrew22

Top boys' names in 1956

  1. #1Michael90,691
  2. #2James84,897
  3. #3Robert83,924
  4. #4David81,652
  5. #5John80,804
  6. #6William58,991
  7. #7Richard52,915
  8. #8Mark48,828
  9. #9Thomas44,836
  10. #10Steven38,413
  11. #56Andrew6,603
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 91,259 of them was named Andrew, which outranked 65.3% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Andrew
  1. #2,321Viva23
  2. #2,321Wilhemina23
  3. #2,321Yvetta23
  4. #2,389Andrew22
  5. #2,389Alycia22
  6. #2,389Alyse22
  7. #2,389Anabel22
  8. #2,453Alix21
  9. #2,453Angella21
  10. #2,453Aurea21

Tied with 63 names at #2,389; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 993Sheena#1,839#846
  2. 770Glendora#1,733#963
  3. 684Leesa#1,209#525
  4. 543Marisa#1,074#531
  5. 537Dani#1,383#846
Fallers
  1. 513Sheilah#663#1,176
  2. 481Jeryl#768#1,249
  3. 344Jacalyn#496#840
  4. 325Roni#536#861
  5. 314Florine#984#1,298

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

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 320 of them was named Andrew, which outranked 98.7% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Andrew
  1. #53Walter7,019
  2. #54Randall6,913
  3. #55Johnny6,636
  4. #56Andrew6,603
  5. #57Jeffery6,569
  6. #58Willie6,525
  7. #59Steve6,472
Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 1,847Jace#2,764#917
  2. 678Rich#1,572#894
  3. 590Broderick#1,273#683
  4. 559Elvis#921#362
  5. 513Tracey#1,419#906
Fallers
  1. 351Adolphus#906#1,257
  2. 336Randolf#949#1,285
  3. 279Cordell#792#1,071
  4. 272Rudolfo#885#1,157
  5. 269Aurelio#949#1,218

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

See the top 100 for 1956