How Many People Are Named Andrew?
people named Andrew are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 301 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,334,415 babies named Andrew in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐⭐⭐ Very Common
Peak Year
36,429 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
English form of the Greek name Ανδρεας (Andreas), which was derived from ανδρειος (andreios) "manly, masculine", a derivative of ανηρ (aner) "man". In the New Testament the apostle Andrew, the first disciple to join Jesus, is the brother of Simon Peter. According to tradition, he later preached in the Black Sea region, with some legends saying he was crucified on an X-shaped cross. Andrew, being a Greek name, was probably only a nickname or a translation of his real Hebrew name, which is not known.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Andrew (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Andrew alive today is about 35 years old, and 53% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 23 and 44 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Andrew first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1987, to 36,429 babies. In 2025, 4,503 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Andrew reached #5 among boys' names in 1988, 1991 to 1992 and 2003, and was in the top 10 in 21 years between 1986 and 2007. In 2025 it ranked #73.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #73 |
| Best rank | #5 (1988, 1991 to 1992 and 2003) |
| Years in the top 10 | 21 |
| Years in the top 100 | 146 (1880 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #13 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Andrew alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Andrew were born in California than in any other state: about 143,367 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Andrew was given 1.4 times as often in Delaware, 1.3 times in Connecticut and 1.3 times in Massachusetts.
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