NameTides

Andrew

Andrew was the #73 boys' name in the US in 2025 (4,497 babies), and #334 in England & Wales and #137 in Canada.

Andrew as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Andrew as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020USScotlandIrelandCanadaNorthern IrelandEngland & Wales
Andrew as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#73 (4,497)#334 (127)#107 (47)#212 (9)#106 (53)#137 (233)——
2024#68 (4,791)#315 (142)#104 (49)#216 (9)#106 (52)#112 (275)——
2023#65 (4,812)#294 (153)#92 (57)#139 (17)#146 (37)#100 (294)——
2022#61 (5,168)#301 (150)#77 (70)#177 (12)#124 (49)#106 (295)——
2021#57 (5,623)#291 (162)#101 (59)#143 (17)#95 (67)#101 (339)——
2020#52 (6,068)#266 (176)#76 (75)#152 (15)#93 (64)#91 (354)——
2019#46 (6,815)#227 (222)#49 (110)#116 (22)#68 (100)#87 (399)——
2018#43 (7,315)#185 (284)#62 (103)#141 (17)#76 (89)#74 (449)——
2017#40 (8,290)#210 (250)#50 (117)#114 (25)#76 (94)#61 (519)——
2016#34 (9,437)#209 (268)#46 (135)#156 (17)#72 (98)#70 (489)#89 (108)—
2015#30 (10,147)#203 (284)#43 (145)#83 (40)#60 (131)#56 (592)#87 (108)—
2014#22 (11,189)#182 (307)#39 (163)#93 (34)#61 (137)#54 (618)——
2013#22 (11,684)#154 (374)#44 (164)#88 (36)#60 (143)#47 (667)——
2012#18 (12,643)#153 (387)#40 (189)#99 (32)#60 (151)#46 (697)#80 (129)—
2011#16 (13,297)#141 (435)#35 (204)#70 (48)#60 (140)#46 (708)#68 (145)#98 (72)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1987 at #6.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 380 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 380common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 420common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 920common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 450common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 680common

Next year

On its recent trend, Andrew is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 380 to 1 in 420.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Andrew by state, 2025Alaska: #76AKMaine: #74MEWisconsin: #80WIVermont: #80VTNew Hampshire: #49NHWashington: #88WAIdaho: #67IDMontana: #109MTNorth Dakota: #93NDMinnesota: #156MNIllinois: #87ILMichigan: #62MINew York: #82NYMassachusetts: #56MAOregon: #79ORNevada: #77NVWyoming: #47WYSouth Dakota: #127SDIowa: #180IAIndiana: #76INOhio: #61OHPennsylvania: #59PANew Jersey: #64NJConnecticut: #55CTRhode Island: #155RICalifornia: #68CAUtah: #72UTColorado: #94CONebraska: #113NEMissouri: #92MOKentucky: #85KYWest Virginia: #94WVVirginia: #63VAMaryland: #71MDDelaware: #68DEArizona: #95AZNew Mexico: #90NMKansas: #107KSArkansas: #73ARTennessee: #60TNNorth Carolina: #74NCSouth Carolina: #63SCDistrict of Columbia: #66DCOklahoma: #112OKLouisiana: #47LAMississippi: #108MSAlabama: #63ALGeorgia: #70GAHawaii: #56HITexas: #75TXFlorida: #67FL
Andrew (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#83144
Quebec2025#21625

Andrew (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AndrewCanadaGirls—too few
AndrewCanadaBoys#137233
AndrewEngland & WalesBoys#334127
AndrewIrelandBoys#10653
AndrewNorthern IrelandBoys#2129
AndrewNSWBoys—too few
AndrewScotlandBoys#10747
AndrewUSGirls#13,2086
AndrewUSBoys#734,497
AndrewVICBoys—too few