Andres

What Andres means

Spanish form of Andrew, meaning “manly”

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew || From Old English Andreas, from Latin Andreas, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas), cognate with ἀνδρεῖος (andreîos, “manly”), both from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Andrés” (revision 93669766) and “Andrew” (revision 94534461), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Andres?

US: Rising: up from #228 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1586 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2001, when 2,601 boys got the name (#153 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 979 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 30,215 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (4.92 per 1,000 boys), NV (3.36 per 1,000 boys), AZ (2.48 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Andres is #200 in the US and #2440 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Andres were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Anders232 US · 7 E&W
• Andrez12 US
• Andreus11 US
• Andrews5 US
• Andros5 US
• Andris5 US
• Andrus5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Andres

Boys

• Pablo#429Same root as Paul, meaning “small”^*
• Alejandro#195“defender of man”^*
• Angel#67Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #67 vs #1,307 in 2025
• Cesar#385Editor’s note 824 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales
• Marcos#516Editor’s note Down from #408 in 2015 to #516 in 2025 in the US
• Dante#308Editor’s note Up from #322 in 2015 to #308 in 2025 in the US

For a sister

• Esmeralda#373“emerald”^*
• Luz#838Spanish, meaning “light”^*
• Anahi#482Spanish, meaning “cockspur coral tree (Erythrina crista-galli)”^*
• Dulce#770Spanish, meaning “sweet”^*
• Angel#546Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2002, with 3,100 babies; 551 in 2025
• Isabela#664Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1982, with 6 babies

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Andres’s. Rank is US 2025.