Andy
#4,460 for girls in 2025, 31 births · #565 for boys in 2025, 524 births
Given to boys 98.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1964 · 1,470 births
- Debut · boys
- 58 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 94,185since 1880
Andy over time
Rank among boys' names. Andy has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | #4,460 | 31 | #565 | 524 |
| 2024 | #4,387 | 32 | #491 | 630 |
| 2023 | #4,047 | 36 | #501 | 604 |
| 2022 | #3,893 | 38 | #449 | 689 |
| 2021 | #4,719 | 28 | #466 | 637 |
| 2020 | #5,168 | 24 | #401 | 757 |
| 2019 | #3,611 | 42 | #377 | 838 |
| 2018 | #4,076 | 35 | #368 | 884 |
| 2017 | #4,384 | 32 | #377 | 881 |
| 2016 | #5,130 | 26 | #327 | 1,060 |
| 2015 | #4,144 | 35 | #323 | 1,068 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 | #285 | 1,270 |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | #294 | 1,193 |
| 2012 | #8,208 | 14 | #274 | 1,273 |
| 2011 | #6,855 | 18 | #275 | 1,273 |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 | #235 | 1,481 |
| 2009 | #6,544 | 20 | #219 | 1,663 |
| 2008 | #5,574 | 25 | #212 | 1,816 |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 | #214 | 1,832 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 | #204 | 1,904 |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 | #201 | 1,936 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #204 | 1,799 |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 | #216 | 1,638 |
| 2002 | #5,254 | 22 | #207 | 1,730 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | #204 | 1,796 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | #208 | 1,711 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | #217 | 1,572 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | #223 | 1,447 |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 | #217 | 1,425 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | #232 | 1,292 |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 | #255 | 1,107 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | #254 | 1,137 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | #248 | 1,152 |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 | #247 | 1,164 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #260 | 1,041 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | #274 | 957 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | #275 | 900 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | #276 | 837 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | #269 | 809 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #289 | 718 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #275 | 760 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | #282 | 740 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 | #251 | 833 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | #246 | 927 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #237 | 969 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | #238 | 967 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 | #225 | 1,012 |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | #220 | 970 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | #223 | 973 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | #222 | 914 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 | #221 | 926 |
| 1974 | — | #231 | 897 | |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | #253 | 775 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | #258 | 772 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | #262 | 846 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | #244 | 953 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | #238 | 944 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | #236 | 907 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #232 | 941 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | #221 | 997 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | #208 | 1,175 |
| 1964 | #3,379 | 15 | #193 | 1,470 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 | #200 | 1,482 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 | #206 | 1,419 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | #208 | 1,374 |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 | #201 | 1,429 |
| 1959 | #2,339 | 24 | #212 | 1,309 |
| 1958 | #2,755 | 18 | #229 | 1,136 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | #244 | 980 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #283 | 673 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | #304 | 575 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #323 | 500 |
| 1953 | — | #326 | 471 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #335 | 424 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | #331 | 427 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | #337 | 402 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | #320 | 456 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | #308 | 487 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | #319 | 457 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | #311 | 429 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | #319 | 346 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #334 | 329 |
| 1943 | — | #329 | 344 | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #338 | 323 |
| 1941 | — | #348 | 278 | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #355 | 257 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #349 | 252 |
| 1938 | — | #356 | 243 | |
| 1937 | — | #352 | 232 | |
| 1936 | — | #361 | 224 | |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #365 | 218 |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #374 | 211 |
| 1933 | — | #355 | 232 | |
| 1932 | — | #381 | 217 | |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #358 | 243 |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #357 | 257 |
| 1929 | — | #352 | 255 | |
| 1928 | — | #359 | 258 | |
| 1927 | — | #326 | 305 | |
| 1926 | — | #372 | 245 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #374 | 254 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #368 | 266 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #345 | 291 |
| 1922 | — | #336 | 303 | |
| 1921 | — | #335 | 315 | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #327 | 314 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #334 | 285 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #284 | 361 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #307 | 298 |
| 1916 | — | #305 | 291 | |
| 1915 | — | #305 | 277 | |
| 1914 | — | #301 | 225 | |
| 1913 | — | #333 | 150 | |
| 1912 | — | #363 | 113 | |
| 1911 | — | #344 | 63 | |
| 1910 | — | #278 | 76 | |
| 1909 | — | #315 | 53 | |
| 1908 | — | #290 | 56 | |
| 1907 | — | #284 | 55 | |
| 1906 | — | #304 | 45 | |
| 1905 | — | #322 | 38 | |
| 1904 | — | #277 | 46 | |
| 1903 | — | #278 | 45 | |
| 1902 | — | #291 | 42 | |
| 1901 | — | #302 | 34 | |
| 1900 | — | #281 | 54 | |
| 1899 | — | #266 | 41 | |
| 1898 | — | #288 | 40 | |
| 1897 | — | #244 | 50 | |
| 1896 | — | #270 | 45 | |
| 1895 | — | #282 | 39 | |
| 1894 | — | #261 | 44 | |
| 1893 | — | #241 | 51 | |
| 1892 | — | #204 | 73 | |
| 1891 | — | #204 | 59 | |
| 1890 | — | #226 | 53 | |
| 1889 | — | #242 | 45 | |
| 1888 | — | #226 | 60 | |
| 1887 | — | #210 | 54 | |
| 1886 | — | #243 | 49 | |
| 1885 | — | #217 | 55 | |
| 1884 | — | #227 | 55 | |
| 1883 | — | #245 | 43 | |
| 1882 | — | #231 | 51 | |
| 1881 | — | #193 | 58 | |
| 1880 | — | #209 | 58 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1964 at #193 (1,470 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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
- 18.9% of all boys named Andy (17,825) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 528 | #193 (1881) | #224 |
| 1890s | 495 | #204 (1892) | #249 |
| 1900s | 468 | #277 (1904) | #294 |
| 1910s | 2,139 | #278 (1910) | #315 |
| 1920s | 2,806 | #326 (1927) | #349 |
| 1930s | 2,329 | #349 (1939) | #361 |
| 1940s | 3,706 | #308 (1948) | #328 |
| 1950s | 6,897 | #212 (1959) | #292 |
| 1960s | 12,138 | #193 (1964) | #214 |
| 1970s | 9,038 | #220 (1978) | #236 |
| 1980s | 8,460 | #237 (1981) | #264 |
| 1990s | 12,294 | #217 (1999) | #243 |
| 2000s | 17,825 | #201 (2005) | #209 |
| 2010s | 11,221 | #235 (2010) | #314 |
| 2020s | 3,841 | #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 1966
Top girls' names in 1966
Top boys' names in 1966
More about 1966
girls
1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 188,020 of them was named Andy, which outranked 41.1% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,198Zetta10
- #4,198Zipporah10
- #4,198Zona10
- #4,493Andy9
- #4,493Adonica9
- #4,493Adrain9
- #4,493Adraine9
- #4,866Adaline8
- #4,866Adrena8
- #4,866Agustina8
Tied with 372 names at #4,493; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 1,789 of them was named Andy, which outranked 95.1% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.