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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #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 2010

girls
#7,880
15 births · 1 in 118,506 girls
boys
#14
14,269 births · 1 in 134 boys

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #7,880Andrew15

Top boys' names in 2010

  1. #1Jacob22,157
  2. #2Ethan18,020
  3. #3Michael17,387
  4. #4Jayden17,203
  5. #5William17,072
  6. #6Alexander16,769
  7. #7Noah16,481
  8. #8Daniel15,869
  9. #9Aiden15,547
  10. #10Anthony15,511
  11. #14Andrew14,269
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 118,506 of them was named Andrew, which outranked 60.3% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Andrew
  1. #7,513Zohar16
  2. #7,513Zori16
  3. #7,513Zuleima16
  4. #7,880Andrew15
  5. #7,880Aaminah15
  6. #7,880Aariah15
  7. #7,880Abeni15
  8. #8,271Aaliyha14
  9. #8,271Aayushi14
  10. #8,271Adasyn14

Tied with 390 names at #7,880; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. 2,433Tenley#2,892#459
  2. 2,126Elin#2,852#726
  3. 664Jordynn#1,353#689
  4. 623Kynlee#1,509#886
  5. 513Farrah#1,063#550
Fallers
  1. 502Calleigh#834#1,336
  2. 491Marely#851#1,342
  3. 477Analia#331#808
  4. 417Destiney#900#1,317
  5. 326Dayanara#810#1,136

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

boys

1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 134 of them was named Andrew, which outranked 99.9% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Andrew
  1. #11Joshua15,467
  2. #12Mason14,858
  3. #13Christopher14,299
  4. #14Andrew14,269
  5. #15David14,222
  6. #16Matthew14,148
  7. #17Logan14,032
Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. 2,631Bentlee#3,476#845
  2. 1,735Jencarlos#2,663#928
  3. 1,536Bently#2,203#667
  4. 940Callen#1,638#698
  5. 892Bode#1,665#773
Fallers
  1. 314Dereon#953#1,267
  2. 290Aaden#271#561
  3. 248Landin#935#1,183
  4. 229Rigoberto#920#1,149
  5. 191Dillan#793#984

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

See the top 100 for 2010