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Andrew

Boys' name · Late 20th-century perennial

Living in the US
~1,142,000 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#73 among boys
Births in 2025
4,503 1,334,415 since 1880
Typical age
35 years, median

Andrew popularity over time

Andrew rank by birth year, 1880–2025Andrew ranked #24 in 1880 and #73 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #5, in 1988.#10#100#73best #5 in 198818901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1987 is the peak year for Andrew, with 36,429 births. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Across the record, 146 years put Andrew in the top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #73 with 4,503 births. Compared with 2015, births are down 56%.

Babies named Andrew per yearPeaks at 36,429 births in 1987.36,429 in 1987018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Andrew?

About 1,142,000 people named Andrew are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 1,334,415 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Andrew?

Half of living Andrews are older than 35, half younger. Most living bearers were born in the 1980s. By the site’s era rules that makes Andrew a late 20th-century perennial name.

Your Andrew

Ages of living people named AndrewHalf of living Andrews are older than 35 and half younger.median 35020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Andrew is most common

Delaware uses the name 1.9× as often as the country as a whole. District of Columbia, Rhode Island and Connecticut follow.

Where Andrew is used more than average5 states use the name Andrew more than the national average.Alaska: 1.6× the national rateAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: 1.7× the national rateCTRhode Island: 1.7× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: 1.9× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: 1.7× the national rateDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Andrew is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Delaware 197 1.9×
District of Columbia 198 1.7×
Rhode Island 187 1.7×
Connecticut 767 1.7×
Alaska 136 1.6×

Andrew in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Andrew ranked #334 in 2025 on 127 births. That is 28% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Andrew comes from

From Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας, cognate with ἀνδρεῖος (“manly”), both from ἀνήρ (“man”). Doublet of André, Andreas, Andrei, Andrey.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Andrew

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Andrew Jackson president of the United States from 1829 to 1837 1767–1845 164
Andrew Johnson President of the United States from 1865 to 1869 1808–1875 144
Andrew Garfield English and American actor 1983 125
Andrew Carnegie Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist 1835–1919 112
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 1960 75
Andrew Tate American-British businessman, former kickboxer, dating coach and manosphere influencer 1986 75
Andrew Wiles English mathematician (1953–) 1953 69
Andrew Lloyd Webber British theatre composer 1948 67
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 1,104 in 1911 to 1,954 in 1912 — 1.8 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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