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
- Peak · boys
- 1988 · 35,745 births
- Debut · boys
- 644 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 146 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,329,454since 1880
Andrew over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | #73 | 4,497 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | #68 | 4,791 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #65 | 4,812 |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #61 | 5,168 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #57 | 5,623 |
| 2020 | #7,969 | 13 | #52 | 6,068 |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | #46 | 6,815 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | #43 | 7,315 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | #40 | 8,290 |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | #34 | 9,437 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | #30 | 10,147 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | #22 | 11,189 |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 | #22 | 11,684 |
| 2012 | #6,110 | 21 | #18 | 12,643 |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 | #16 | 13,297 |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 | #14 | 14,269 |
| 2009 | #6,091 | 22 | #16 | 14,877 |
| 2008 | #4,882 | 30 | #12 | 16,779 |
| 2007 | #5,097 | 28 | #10 | 18,461 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 | #7 | 19,733 |
| 2005 | #4,267 | 32 | #6 | 20,742 |
| 2004 | #1,871 | 101 | #6 | 21,717 |
| 2003 | #3,590 | 39 | #5 | 22,162 |
| 2002 | #3,978 | 32 | #6 | 22,037 |
| 2001 | #3,142 | 44 | #7 | 22,422 |
| 2000 | #3,070 | 45 | #7 | 23,658 |
| 1999 | #3,245 | 39 | #7 | 23,866 |
| 1998 | #2,614 | 52 | #9 | 23,664 |
| 1997 | #2,556 | 50 | #7 | 25,208 |
| 1996 | #2,714 | 45 | #10 | 25,244 |
| 1995 | #2,345 | 56 | #11 | 25,860 |
| 1994 | #2,124 | 64 | #10 | 26,019 |
| 1993 | #1,898 | 74 | #10 | 27,326 |
| 1992 | #1,537 | 101 | #5 | 30,542 |
| 1991 | #1,619 | 93 | #5 | 31,539 |
| 1990 | #1,479 | 105 | #7 | 33,673 |
| 1989 | #1,123 | 147 | #7 | 34,817 |
| 1988 | #844 | 213 | #5 | 35,745 |
| 1987 | #789 | 223 | #6 | 36,206 |
| 1986 | #792 | 212 | #8 | 33,858 |
| 1985 | #799 | 207 | #11 | 30,178 |
| 1984 | #953 | 152 | #14 | 25,916 |
| 1983 | #823 | 186 | #15 | 25,559 |
| 1982 | #942 | 158 | #17 | 22,833 |
| 1981 | #1,155 | 116 | #18 | 20,232 |
| 1980 | #1,337 | 94 | #19 | 19,730 |
| 1979 | #1,080 | 127 | #20 | 18,618 |
| 1978 | #1,386 | 84 | #22 | 16,720 |
| 1977 | #1,440 | 77 | #24 | 16,017 |
| 1976 | #1,694 | 57 | #27 | 13,301 |
| 1975 | #1,625 | 60 | #28 | 12,756 |
| 1974 | #1,646 | 56 | #28 | 11,778 |
| 1973 | #1,714 | 52 | #29 | 10,728 |
| 1972 | #1,856 | 45 | #30 | 10,111 |
| 1971 | #1,686 | 54 | #33 | 10,911 |
| 1970 | #1,755 | 51 | #32 | 11,989 |
| 1969 | #1,927 | 42 | #33 | 11,282 |
| 1968 | #1,491 | 58 | #34 | 10,563 |
| 1967 | #1,617 | 49 | #35 | 9,967 |
| 1966 | #1,568 | 51 | #36 | 10,235 |
| 1965 | #1,950 | 35 | #37 | 9,673 |
| 1964 | #1,892 | 39 | #37 | 10,494 |
| 1963 | #2,015 | 34 | #42 | 9,514 |
| 1962 | #1,889 | 37 | #49 | 8,697 |
| 1961 | #2,474 | 24 | #52 | 8,483 |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 | #51 | 8,201 |
| 1959 | #2,289 | 25 | #58 | 7,089 |
| 1958 | #1,985 | 31 | #55 | 7,115 |
| 1957 | #2,218 | 25 | #56 | 6,997 |
| 1956 | #2,389 | 22 | #56 | 6,603 |
| 1955 | #2,222 | 24 | #66 | 6,012 |
| 1954 | #2,779 | 16 | #70 | 5,653 |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 | #68 | 5,626 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 | #68 | 5,572 |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 | #69 | 5,373 |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 | #68 | 4,932 |
| 1949 | #2,069 | 22 | #75 | 4,513 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | #77 | 4,305 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | #82 | 4,346 |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 | #84 | 3,758 |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 | #86 | 3,007 |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 | #81 | 3,056 |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 | #79 | 3,352 |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 | #80 | 3,142 |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 | #82 | 2,708 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 | #84 | 2,431 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | #84 | 2,440 |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | #82 | 2,411 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | #79 | 2,405 |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 | #83 | 2,276 |
| 1935 | #1,917 | 17 | #85 | 2,291 |
| 1934 | #1,556 | 23 | #76 | 2,443 |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 | #76 | 2,344 |
| 1932 | #1,597 | 23 | #69 | 2,645 |
| 1931 | #1,336 | 30 | #65 | 2,714 |
| 1930 | #1,607 | 24 | #62 | 3,056 |
| 1929 | #1,419 | 29 | #59 | 3,076 |
| 1928 | #1,290 | 35 | #60 | 3,142 |
| 1927 | #1,362 | 35 | #56 | 3,437 |
| 1926 | #1,623 | 26 | #59 | 3,344 |
| 1925 | #2,378 | 15 | #56 | 3,617 |
| 1924 | #1,770 | 24 | #56 | 3,744 |
| 1923 | #1,672 | 25 | #53 | 3,748 |
| 1922 | #1,730 | 24 | #53 | 3,803 |
| 1921 | #2,195 | 17 | #51 | 4,015 |
| 1920 | #1,816 | 22 | #49 | 4,026 |
| 1919 | #1,801 | 21 | #47 | 3,851 |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 | #46 | 4,138 |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 | #48 | 3,752 |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 | #46 | 3,723 |
| 1915 | #1,622 | 21 | #46 | 3,573 |
| 1914 | #2,009 | 12 | #44 | 2,965 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | #47 | 2,222 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #44 | 1,946 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | #42 | 1,098 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | #42 | 884 |
| 1909 | — | #38 | 766 | |
| 1908 | — | #39 | 722 | |
| 1907 | — | #40 | 708 | |
| 1906 | — | #41 | 611 | |
| 1905 | — | #40 | 619 | |
| 1904 | — | #43 | 546 | |
| 1903 | — | #42 | 550 | |
| 1902 | — | #42 | 558 | |
| 1901 | — | #40 | 479 | |
| 1900 | — | #37 | 718 | |
| 1899 | — | #36 | 578 | |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 | #38 | 611 |
| 1897 | — | #36 | 555 | |
| 1896 | — | #37 | 566 | |
| 1895 | — | #37 | 562 | |
| 1894 | — | #35 | 594 | |
| 1893 | — | #40 | 520 | |
| 1892 | — | #32 | 637 | |
| 1891 | — | #33 | 521 | |
| 1890 | — | #34 | 575 | |
| 1889 | — | #33 | 561 | |
| 1888 | — | #33 | 615 | |
| 1887 | — | #33 | 520 | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | #29 | 614 |
| 1885 | — | #30 | 599 | |
| 1884 | — | #29 | 616 | |
| 1883 | — | #24 | 623 | |
| 1882 | — | #24 | 673 | |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 | #24 | 588 |
| 1880 | — | #24 | 644 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1988 at #5 (35,745 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: 21 yrs · run 1996–2007
- Top 100: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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
- 21.4% of all boys named Andrew (285,074) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6,053 | #24 (1882) | #28 |
| 1890s | 5,719 | #32 (1892) | #36 |
| 1900s | 6,277 | #37 (1900) | #40 |
| 1910s | 28,152 | #42 (1911) | #45 |
| 1920s | 35,952 | #49 (1920) | #55 |
| 1930s | 25,025 | #62 (1930) | #76 |
| 1940s | 34,618 | #75 (1949) | #81 |
| 1950s | 60,972 | #55 (1958) | #63 |
| 1960s | 97,109 | #33 (1969) | #41 |
| 1970s | 132,929 | #20 (1979) | #27 |
| 1980s | 285,074 | #5 (1988) | #12 |
| 1990s | 272,941 | #5 (1991) | #8 |
| 2000s | 202,588 | #5 (2003) | #8 |
| 2010s | 105,086 | #14 (2010) | #29 |
| 2020s | 30,959 | #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 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 84,104 of them was named Andrew, which outranked 67.1% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,411Velia25
- #2,411Veta25
- #2,411Zulma25
- #2,474Andrew24
- #2,474Alena24
- #2,474Blythe24
- #2,474Brenna24
- #2,543Alba23
- #2,543Alda23
- #2,543Alexia23
Tied with 68 names at #2,474; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 250 of them was named Andrew, which outranked 98.9% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.