Andre

maleGreek, via French transmission

The English form of André, from the Greek root 'andreios' connected to the classical Andreas tradition (see Andrew).

Origin: Greek, via French transmission

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1951 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #26 in Norway in 1985. See regions.

Andre: Recorded since 1951, it reached #26 in 1985, and it stood at #395 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
144times a registrar ranked it
75years from first to last
#26highest recorded position
26groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Andre's record

Held a top-100 place for 38 years running. Names by top-100 run
Moved 153 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

AHN-dray/ˈɑːn.dɹeɪ/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: HighCompleteness: CompleteEditorial review: 2026-07-21

Confidence in the evidencebehind this name's data — never a rating of the name itself, and never affected by how well it matches your preferences. How this is assessed

Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

Averaged from the real per-claim source-authority assessments already computed for this name's meaning/origin/pronunciation/popularity evidence.

Independent corroboration

Averaged from the real per-claim supporting-source counts already computed for this name's evidence.

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Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (5) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

Averaged from the real per-claim direct-observation-vs-inference ratios already computed for this name's evidence.

Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

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Pronunciation clarity

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Spelling simplicity

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Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

Derived from the same official statistical coverage, scaled to reflect how widely the name crosses national datasets. Not a measure of how easily it is understood in another language.

Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Greek, via French transmission
Meaning: The English form of André, from the Greek root 'andreios' connected to the classical Andreas tradition (see Andrew).
Pronunciation: AHN-dray
Syllables: 2
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: male
Language family: Greek, via French transmission

Popularity

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2025

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#194
1997	#223
1998	#312
1999	#260
2000	#277
2001	#264
2002	#251
2003	#274
2004	#277
2005	#304
2006	#389
2007	#361
2008	#430
2009	#432
2010	#422
2011	#458
2012	#549
2013	#508
2014	#520
2015	#489
2016	#428
2017	#429
2018	#520
2019	#561
2020	#611
2021	#592
2022	#577
2023	#719
2024	#613
2025	#735

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 74 of the 75 years from 1951 to 2025.

In 2025: #395 among boys in Norway, #735 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1951–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1951
First recorded at #351 among boys in Norway in 1951 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #735 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Andre appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 74 years beginning in 1951, and has registered 6,765 births with the name.

Andre across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Andre's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#351 (1951)	#26 (1985)	#395 (2025)	74 of 75	6,765 (1951–2025)	240 (1988)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#243 (1968)	#174 (1971)	#779 (2022)	34 of 55	172 (1968–2022)	14 (1971)
England and Wales · Boys	#194 (1996)	#194 (1996)	#735 (2025)	30 of 30	2,654 (1996–2025)	167 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#307 (2005)	#291 (2008)	#415 (2015)	4 of 11	14 (2005–2015)	5 (2008)
New Zealand · Boys	#90 (1976)	#90 (1976)	#96 (1978)	2 of 3	127 (1976–1978)	68 (1976)

Andre by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Andre in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	73	8 of 10	9
1960s	605	10 of 10	61
1970s	1,529	10 of 10	153
1980sbusiest	1,988	10 of 10	199
1990s	1,572	10 of 10	157
2000s	738	10 of 10	74
2010s	215	10 of 10	22
2020s	45	6 of 10	8

Across Norway · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 199 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1984 and 1985, when recorded births rose by 63, from 170 to 233.

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Andre appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1951 and 2025, ranked in 74 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #26, first reached in 1985.

It held a top-100 place in 38 years, 38 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 240 births, registered in Norway in 1988.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1968, and 54 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Andre was ranked #26 in Norway · Boys in 1985. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Øyvind#22
Fredrik#23
Steffen#24
Jon#25
Kristoffer#27
Tor#28
Per#29
Tommy#30

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Andrada · #2163, 13y
Andras · #2459, 11y
Andrea · #11, 70y
Andreas · #1, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Nigel · #27, 69y
Trevor · #27, 74y
Denise · #22, 74y
Derek · #22, 72y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Aleksander · #26, 65y
Gillian · #27, 69y
Josephine · #25, 71y
Nigel · #27, 69y

Andre and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Andre without appearing here.

Andre moved ahead of

Scott
In 2023 they stood at #719 and #691 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #613 and #1025.
Darren
In 2012 they stood at #549 and #507 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #508 and #762.
Calum
In 2015 they stood at #489 and #438 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #428 and #659.
Tony
In 2012 they stood at #549 and #538 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #508 and #692.

Moved ahead of Andre

Hunter
In 2011 they stood at #458 and #473 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #549 and #238.
Tadhg
In 2022 they stood at #577 and #600 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #719 and #419.
Braxton
In 2011 they stood at #540 and #623 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #616 and #324.
Archie
In 2008 they stood at #342 and #473 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #472 and #233.

Moved the opposite way to Andre

Kevin
Between 1955 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Andre went from #276 to #395 while Kevin went from #422 to #186.
Marius
Between 1955 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Andre went from #276 to #395 while Marius went from #339 to #133.
Adrian
Between 1958 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Andre went from #226 to #395 while Adrian went from #449 to #70.
Jonathan
Between 1958 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Andre went from #226 to #395 while Jonathan went from #428 to #93.

Moved the same way as Andre

Adrian
Between 1968 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Andre went from #243 to #779 and Adrian from #59 to #225.
Alfred
Between 1968 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Andre went from #243 to #779 and Alfred from #177 to #657.
Denis
Between 1968 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Andre went from #243 to #779 and Denis from #27 to #178.
Edward
Between 1968 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Andre went from #243 to #779 and Edward from #22 to #112.

Meaning & Origin

The English form of André, from the Greek root 'andreios' connected to the classical Andreas tradition (see Andrew).

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Greek, via French transmission

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

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Where Andre is officially recorded

5 official registrars have recorded Andre, between 1951 and 2025, in 74 of those 75 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1951–2025	74	#26 in 1985
Republic of Ireland	1968–2022	34	#174 in 1971
New Zealand	1976–1978	2	#90 in 1976
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#194 in 1996
Northern Ireland	2005–2015	4	#291 in 2008

Its high point came 37 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (1971) than in Northern Ireland (2008).

Variants

André · spelling

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

Common alternate spellings: André.

Pronunciation

AHN-dray/ˈɑːn.dɹeɪ/

Syllables: 2
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Andre Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Andre in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

England and WalesNorthern IrelandRepublic of IrelandNorwayNew Zealand

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Andre

Andre at a glance

What stands out in Andre's record

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Andre across 5 official records

Andre by decade in Norway · Boys

Andre appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Andre

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Andre and the names beside it

Andre moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Andre

Moved the opposite way to Andre

Moved the same way as Andre

Meaning & Origin

Where Andre is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Andre Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Andre at a glance

What stands out in Andre's record

Andre across 5 official records

Andre by decade in Norway · Boys

Andre appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Andre

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Andre and the names beside it

Andre moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Andre

Moved the opposite way to Andre

Moved the same way as Andre