Andy

#4,460 for girls in 2025, 31 births · #565 for boys in 2025, 524 births
Given to boys 98.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1964 · 1,470 births
Debut · boys
58 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
94,185
since 1880

Andy over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Andy has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201957peak #193, 1964boys
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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#4,46031#565524
2024#4,38732#491630
2023#4,04736#501604
2022#3,89338#449689
2021#4,71928#466637
2020#5,16824#401757
2019#3,61142#377838
2018#4,07635#368884
2017#4,38432#377881
2016#5,13026#3271,060
2015#4,14435#3231,068
2014#7,30216#2851,270
2013#7,37216#2941,193
2012#8,20814#2741,273
2011#6,85518#2751,273
2010#7,88015#2351,481
2009#6,54420#2191,663
2008#5,57425#2121,816
2007#6,09322#2141,832
2006#5,90622#2041,904
2005#7,50015#2011,936
2004#12,7617#2041,799
2003#6,88516#2161,638
2002#5,25422#2071,730
2001#7,72413#2041,796
2000#8,02712#2081,711
1999#8,80510#2171,572
1998#7,10413#2231,447
1997#6,16315#2171,425
1996#8,8129#2321,292
1995#5,43917#2551,107
1994#7,09712#2541,137
1993#7,03812#2481,152
1992#6,00815#2471,164
1991#7,43011#2601,041
1990#6,46513#274957
1989#6,95511#275900
1988#5,59814#276837
1987#6,33511#269809
1986#7,1349#289718
1985#7,5638#275760
1984#5,22213#282740
1983#5,14813#251833
1982#5,91111#246927
1981#6,8049#237969
1980#5,24513#238967
1979#5,42712#2251,012
1978#5,56311#220970
1977#5,53211#223973
1976#6,6118#222914
1975#4,59313#221926
1974#231897
1973#5,5809#253775
1972#4,79311#258772
1971#5,5439#262846
1970#4,76111#244953
1969#3,95813#238944
1968#4,48910#236907
1967#4,6259#232941
1966#4,4939#221997
1965#3,95211#2081,175
1964#3,37915#1931,470
1963#3,45814#2001,482
1962#4,01111#2061,419
1961#3,06017#2081,374
1960#2,43224#2011,429
1959#2,33924#2121,309
1958#2,75518#2291,136
1957#3,69611#244980
1956#5,9525#283673
1955#4,3768#304575
1954#4,6557#323500
1953#326471
1952#5,5635#335424
1951#4,0118#331427
1950#3,42310#337402
1949#4,2357#320456
1948#4,2057#308487
1947#3,44810#319457
1946#3,4309#311429
1945#3,3888#319346
1944#3,6877#334329
1943#329344
1942#4,1246#338323
1941#348278
1940#3,8636#355257
1939#3,1458#349252
1938#356243
1937#352232
1936#361224
1935#3,1568#365218
1934#3,8026#374211
1933#355232
1932#381217
1931#3,4977#358243
1930#4,5505#357257
1929#352255
1928#359258
1927#326305
1926#372245
1925#4,9735#374254
1924#4,4346#368266
1923#4,3766#345291
1922#336303
1921#335315
1920#4,9755#327314
1919#4,8145#334285
1918#4,2916#284361
1917#4,5945#307298
1916#305291
1915#305277
1914#301225
1913#333150
1912#363113
1911#34463
1910#27876
1909#31553
1908#29056
1907#28455
1906#30445
1905#32238
1904#27746
1903#27845
1902#29142
1901#30234
1900#28154
1899#26641
1898#28840
1897#24450
1896#27045
1895#28239
1894#26144
1893#24151
1892#20473
1891#20459
1890#22653
1889#24245
1888#22660
1887#21054
1886#24349
1885#21755
1884#22755
1883#24543
1882#23151
1881#19358
1880#20958
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Andy was already there! It came in at #209, and was given to 58 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1906, when fewer than 47 boys a year got the name.

See more about Andy
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 74 spots since 2024 (#491#565)
  • 164 spots since 2020 (#401#565)
  • 242 spots since 2015 (#323#565)
  • Biggest jump: 46 spots in 1927 (#372#326)
  • Biggest drop: 74 spots in 2025 (#491#565)
Rise & fade · boys
84 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1964 at #193 (1,470 births)
  • Births halved by 1986, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,032
  • Highest: 1 in 1,032 boys born in 2005 were named Andy (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,260 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #193 in 1964, was only 1 in 1,356 (0.07%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 18.9% of all boys named Andy (17,825) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s528#193 (1881)#224
1890s495#204 (1892)#249
1900s468#277 (1904)#294
1910s2,139#278 (1910)#315
1920s2,806#326 (1927)#349
1930s2,329#349 (1939)#361
1940s3,706#308 (1948)#328
1950s6,897#212 (1959)#292
1960s12,138#193 (1964)#214
1970s9,038#220 (1978)#236
1980s8,460#237 (1981)#264
1990s12,294#217 (1999)#243
2000s17,825#201 (2005)#209
2010s11,221#235 (2010)#314
2020s3,841#401 (2020)#479

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.

Andy in 1957

girls
#3,696
11 births · 1 in 185,896 girls
boys
#244
980 births · 1 in 2,201 boys

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #3,696Andy11

Top boys' names in 1957

  1. #1Michael92,781
  2. #2James84,337
  3. #3David82,403
  4. #4Robert81,765
  5. #5John79,033
  6. #6William56,852
  7. #7Mark52,841
  8. #8Richard52,446
  9. #9Thomas44,625
  10. #10Steven36,842
  11. #244Andy980
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 185,896 of them was named Andy, which outranked 47.3% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Andy
  1. #3,489Waneta12
  2. #3,489Wynell12
  3. #3,489Zeline12
  4. #3,696Andy11
  5. #3,696Aaron11
  6. #3,696Abbi11
  7. #3,696Adel11
  8. #3,930Adaline10
  9. #3,930Adena10
  10. #3,930Adrianna10

Tied with 233 names at #3,696; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 2,944Tammi#3,696#752
  2. 1,310Tamela#2,151#841
  3. 1,298Tammie#1,662#364
  4. 993Tia#1,968#975
  5. 676Tamera#1,287#611
Fallers
  1. 423Corliss#878#1,301
  2. 399Glynis#977#1,376
  3. 367Merrie#977#1,344
  4. 303Taryn#935#1,238
  5. 291Glendora#963#1,254

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

boys

2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 2,201 of them was named Andy, which outranked 94.6% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Andy
  1. #241Kyle1,033
  2. #242Claude1,024
  3. #243Clayton1,019
  4. #244Andy980
  5. #245Hugh967
  6. #246Carlton955
  7. #247Ross954
Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 714Dion#1,642#928
  2. 404Wes#1,317#913
  3. 371Antoine#1,232#861
  4. 340Domenick#1,335#995
  5. 329Mitch#868#539
Fallers
  1. 458Lannie#999#1,457
  2. 402Desi#986#1,388
  3. 354Gavin#924#1,278
  4. 317Murphy#917#1,234
  5. 288Eliot#897#1,185

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

See the top 100 for 1957