Andy

What Andy means

Diminutive of Andrew, meaning “manly”

diminutive of the male given name 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, “Andy” (revision 94534457) and “Andrew” (revision 94534461), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Andy?

US: Falling: down from #323 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #821 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2005, when 1,936 boys got the name (#201 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 3,260 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 12,949 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 6,547 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 NM (0.92 per 1,000 boys), KY (0.68 per 1,000 boys), OK (0.62 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Andy is #565 in the US and #1307 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 94.4% of US babies named Andy 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

• Indy58 US · 19 E&W
• Andi10 US · 6 E&W
• Endy8 US
• Endi7 US
• Indi0 US · 4 E&W
• Enda0 US · 3 E&W

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

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Endy
• Andi
• Andie

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Andy

Boys

• Colin#343Short form of Nicholas, meaning “victory + people”^*
• Christian#96Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2000, with 16,059 babies; 3,641 in 2025
• Alexis#513“helper, defender”^*
• Collin#493Diminutive of Nicholas, meaning “victory + people”^*
• Hector#409“holding fast”^*
• Alexander#30“to defend + man”^*

For a sister

• Angel#546Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2002, with 3,100 babies; 551 in 2025
• Anna#107Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #107 in 2025
• Alexis#554“helper, defender”^*
• Angelina#347“a female resident of Los Angeles”^*
• Karina#749Form of Catherine, possibly meaning “each of the two”^*
• Alexandra#237“to defend + man”^*

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