first name
ANDREW
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 1,075,513 people named Andrew, 76% reported their origin as White, 11.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.7% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Andrew peaked in 1987, when 36,429 babies got the name.
At least 1,334,415 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Andrew by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #8. The largest share of babies named Andrew, 35%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Andrew is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Andrew has been most common in Delaware (1.6×), Alaska (1.5×), and New Hampshire (1.4×), and least common in Oklahoma (0.62×).
1,312,839 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Andrew
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Andrew, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Andrew ranks #2,751 of 156,621, with 12,747 people. See Andrew as a last name
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