Andrew

What Andrew means

Means “manly”

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

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

How popular is Andrew?

US: Falling: down from #30 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #203 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1987, when 36,206 boys got the name (#6 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 380 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,141 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 418 baby boys in Scotland 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 WY (8.26 per 1,000 boys), NH (5.77 per 1,000 boys), VT (4.95 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Andrew is #73 in the US and #334 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 Andrew were boys.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ander365 US · 3 E&W
• Andrei53 US · 61 E&W
• Andrey34 US · 6 E&W
• Andry30 US
• Andree23 US
• Andrae11 US
• Andriy9 US
• Andru8 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.

Nicknames

• Andy
• Dandy
• Drew

Listed on Wiktionary under “pet forms”.

If you like Andrew

Boys

• Jonathan#89“God has given”^*
• Joshua#66“to save”^*
• Daniel#22“God is my judge”^*
• Joseph#29“(God) shall add”^*
• Zachary#216“Yahweh has remembered”^*
• Nicholas#112“victory + people”^*

For a sister

• Katherine#186Variant of Catherine, possibly meaning “each of the two”^*
• Kathryn#729Variant of Catherine, possibly meaning “each of the two”^*
• Alexandra#237“to defend + man”^*
• Rebekah#884“enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”^*
• Catherine#313possibly “each of the two”^*
• Sarah#90“masters, princes”^*

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