Names like Andrew

In 2025, 4,497 boys born in the US were named Andrew, #73 among boys' names.

It has been in the top 100 in every one of the 146 years on record.

Its best rank was #5, in 4 of the years from 1988 to 2003.

The most births in one year were 36,206, in 1987.

Births fell 56% from 10,147 in 2015.

All 12 names below have also been in the top 1,000 every year since 1880.

Andrew's rank every ten years

  1. 1880
    #24
  2. 1890
    #34
  3. 1900
    #37
  4. 1910
    #42
  5. 1920
    #49
  6. 1930
    #62
  7. 1940
    #84
  8. 1950
    #68
  9. 1960
    #51
  10. 1970
    #32
  11. 1980
    #19
  12. 1990
    #7
  13. 2000
    #7
  14. 2010
    #14
  15. 2020
    #52
  16. 2025
    #73

12 boy names with a similar curve

NameRank in 2025Births in 2025In the top 1,000 every year since
Anthony#465,9671880
Daniel#228,0851880
Samuel#188,3341880
Nicholas#1123,1151880
Matthew#327,0031880
Christopher#684,7481880
Joseph#297,3031880
David#356,7941880
Benjamin#119,7621880
Nathan#634,9751880
Alexander#307,2301880
Jose#953,6781880

How this list was made

We compared Andrew's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other boy's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.

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