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Andrew

Pronounced /ˈɛə̯nˌdɹuː/

Rank in 2024
#68
Born in 2024
4,772
Peak year
1987 · #6
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for girls:9 in 2024 (#11,002)

1880 to 2024

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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 4,772 boys were named Andrew, about 1 in every 359.
  • It peaked in 1987 with 36,205 babies, ranked #6.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 1,324,893 boys have been named Andrew since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Andrew per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 3.8
    Greatest
  2. 2.4
    Silent
  3. 3.3
    Boomers
  4. 7.5
    Gen X
  5. 15.3
    Millennials
  6. 10.1
    Gen Z
  7. 4.2
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 63,445 babies, 3.79 per 1,000. Silent: 48,938 babies, 2.37 per 1,000. Boomers: 123,283 babies, 3.28 per 1,000. Gen X: 204,399 babies, 7.51 per 1,000. Millennials: 465,553 babies, 15.30 per 1,000. Gen Z: 315,518 babies, 10.05 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 91,267 babies, 4.20 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Old English Andreas, from Latin Andreas, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas), cognate with ἀνδρεῖος (andreîos, “manly”), both from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Doublet of André, Andreas, Andrei, and Andrey.

  • (countable) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Origin
Ancient Greek
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From Wiktionary’s entry for Andrew, CC BY-SA 4.0.