Andrew

maleGreek, biblical

The English form of Greek Andreas, from 'andreios' ('manly, masculine'), itself from 'aner' ('man'). The apostle Andrew was the first disciple to join Jesus and is patron saint of Scotland.

Origin: Greek, biblical

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1946 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #2 in New Zealand in 1978. See regions.

Andrew: Recorded since 1946, it reached #2 in 1975, and it stood at #106 in 2025.

7registrars recorded it
303times a registrar ranked it
80years from first to last
#2highest recorded position
45groupings it qualifies for
59names it appears alongside

What stands out in Andrew's record

Ranked inside the top 10 by 3 registrars. Names by top-10 reach
Held a top-100 place for 70 years running. Names by top-100 run
England and Wales registered 2,676 births with the name in 1996, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Held at least one birth in every 2,000 for 49 years. Names by sustained share

AN-droo/ˈæn.dɹuː/

Compare Andrew Run Name Checker on Andrew

Data Confidence

Evidence: ModerateCompleteness: SubstantialEditorial 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.

See full evidence assessment (8 dimensions, 1 not yet tracked)

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 (7) — 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

Cross-source identity and variant resolution requires HEKNO Knowledge, which isn't connected yet.

Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

Descriptive attributes of the name itself — not a confidence measurement, and not an overall quality score. Namewise doesn't approve or disapprove of names.

Pronunciation clarity

Editorial judgement of how consistently this name is pronounced correctly on first read, mapped from an easy/moderate/variable rating to a number. Describes the name — not a measure of evidence confidence.

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling: shorter names with fewer irregular letter clusters score higher. A disclosed formula, not an editorial opinion — and not a confidence measurement.

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, biblical
Meaning: The English form of Greek Andreas, from 'andreios' ('manly, masculine'), itself from 'aner' ('man'). The apostle Andrew was the first disciple to join Jesus and is patron saint of Scotland.
Pronunciation: AN-droo
Syllables: 2
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: male
Language family: Greek, biblical

Popularity

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2025

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#29
1997	#37
1998	#42
1999	#47
2000	#53
2001	#56
2002	#66
2003	#75
2004	#79
2005	#88
2006	#96
2007	#99
2008	#111
2009	#129
2010	#133
2011	#141
2012	#153
2013	#154
2014	#182
2015	#203
2016	#209
2017	#210
2018	#185
2019	#227
2020	#266
2021	#291
2022	#301
2023	#294
2024	#315
2025	#334

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 61 of the 76 years from 1946 to 2021.

In 2025: #106 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #334 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1946–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1946
First recorded at #344 among boys in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #334 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Andrew appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, with 63 ranked years and 43,723 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Boys, from 1946.

Andrew across 6 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.

Andrew'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	#344 (1946)	#206 (1963)	#458 (2021)	61 of 76	666 (1946–2021)	22 (1983)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#51 (1952)	#4 (1970)	#89 (2016)	63 of 65	43,723 (1952–2016)	1,575 (1971)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#34 (1964)	#16 (1992)	#106 (2025)	62 of 62	15,175 (1964–2025)	456 (1982)
New Zealand · Boys	#41 (1954)	#2 (1975)	#75 (2013)	58 of 60	25,593 (1954–2013)	995 (1967)
England and Wales · Boys	#29 (1996)	#29 (1996)	#334 (2025)	30 of 30	20,296 (1996–2025)	2,676 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#5 (1997)	#5 (1997)	#216 (2024)	28 of 28	2,029 (1997–2024)	275 (1997)

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Inside a single year a registrar's ranking is its birth counts put in order, so the top of a list is always the name given to the most babies that year. Across years the two separate, because the number of births and the number of names sharing them both change.

In New Zealand · Boys the name reached its highest position, #2, in 1975, when 693 births were registered with it. More were registered in 1967 — 995 — in a year it ranked #3.

Andrew by decade in New South Wales, Australia · 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 Andrew in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	2,157	8 of 10	270
1960s	9,872	10 of 10	987
1970sbusiest	12,216	10 of 10	1,222
1980s	10,465	10 of 10	1,047
1990s	6,156	10 of 10	616
2000s	2,215	10 of 10	222
2010s	642	5 of 10	128

Across New South Wales, Australia · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 1,222 births a year.

See the names New South Wales, Australiahas recorded the most births with →

Andrew 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 7 registrars between 1946 and 2025, ranked in 79 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2, first reached in 1975.

It held a top-100 place in 70 years, 70 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 2,676 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

3 registrars ranked it inside their own top 10.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1952, and 78 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.

Andrew was ranked #2 in New Zealand · Boys in 1975. 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.

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.

Andreja · #440, 13y
Andres · #288, 63y
Andrew-James · #3478, 10y
Andrey · #518, 25y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 7 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.

Catherine · #2, 75y
Christopher · #2, 80y
George · #2, 78y
Heidi · #2, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Bente · #2, 62y
Bjørn · #2, 81y
Camilla · #2, 70y
Catherine · #2, 75y

Comparisons involving Andrew

Existing comparison pages where Andrew and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Andrew in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Andrew vs Kenneth
In 1964 they stood at #34 and #41 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, 7 places apart; by 2024 they were #106 and #785.
Andrew · Kenneth · 60 shared years, 1964–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 Republic of Ireland ranking
Andrew vs Raymond
In 1964 they stood at #34 and #30 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, 4 places apart; by 2025 they were #106 and #509.
Andrew · Raymond · 61 shared years, 1964–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Oliver vs Andrew
In 1996 they stood at #23 and #29 in England and Wales · Boys, 6 places apart; by 2025 they were #6 and #334.
Oliver · Andrew · 30 shared years, 1996–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 England and Wales ranking

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Andrew within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Andrew vs Anthony
Across 63 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Andrew and Anthony averaged 12.1 places apart, ending at #89 and #83.
Andrew · Anthony · 63 shared years, 1952–2016 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2016 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Andrew vs Kevin
Across 62 shared years in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Andrew and Kevin averaged 13.1 places apart, ending at #106 and #139.
Andrew · Kevin · 62 shared years, 1964–2025 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Andrew and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Andrew vs Mark
In 1975, Andrew moved ahead of Mark in New Zealand · Boys — #3 and #2 the year before became #2 and #4.
Andrew · Mark · 46 shared years, 1954–2000 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1975 New Zealand ranking
Matthew vs Andrew
In 1983, Matthew moved ahead of Andrew in New Zealand · Boys — #6 and #4 the year before became #2 and #6.
Matthew · Andrew · 54 shared years, 1958–2013 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1983 New Zealand ranking
Daniel vs Andrew
In 1979, Daniel moved ahead of Andrew in New Zealand · Boys — #4 and #2 the year before became #3 and #4.
Daniel · Andrew · 57 shared years, 1954–2013 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1979 New Zealand ranking

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Pairs involving Andrew measured in New Zealand's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Andrew at its highest position.

Peter vs Andrew
In 1966, Andrew moved ahead of Peter in New Zealand · Boys — #4 and #6 the year before became #6 and #4.
Peter · Andrew · 51 shared years, 1954–2007 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1966 New Zealand ranking
Andrew vs Samuel
In 1989, Samuel moved ahead of Andrew in New Zealand · Boys — #6 and #7 the year before became #10 and #6.
Andrew · Samuel · 42 shared years, 1967–2013 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1989 New Zealand ranking
Liam vs Andrew
In 1995, Liam moved ahead of Andrew in New Zealand · Boys — #18 and #15 the year before became #8 and #18.
Liam · Andrew · 26 shared years, 1986–2013 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1995 New Zealand ranking

New Zealand overview→

Andrew 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 Andrew without appearing here.

Andrew moved ahead of

Dag
In 2015 they stood at #518 and #461 in Norway · Boys; by 2016 that had become #402 and #518.
Arild
In 2015 they stood at #518 and #408 in Norway · Boys; by 2016 that had become #402 and #514.
Frode
In 2006 they stood at #477 and #439 in Norway · Boys; by 2007 that had become #406 and #516.
Rune
In 2015 they stood at #518 and #506 in Norway · Boys; by 2016 that had become #402 and #504.

Moved ahead of Andrew

Ludvig
In 1992 they stood at #318 and #408 in Norway · Boys; by 1993 that had become #496 and #277.
Ian
In 2013 they stood at #405 and #414 in Norway · Boys; by 2014 that had become #518 and #322.
Ulrik
In 1987 they stood at #277 and #373 in Norway · Boys; by 1988 that had become #417 and #245.
Sander
In 1989 they stood at #323 and #340 in Norway · Boys; by 1990 that had become #392 and #225.

Moved the opposite way to Andrew

Simon Compare
Between 1947 and 2021 in Norway · Boys, Andrew went from #311 to #458 while Simon went from #359 to #123.
Leon
Between 1948 and 2021 in Norway · Boys, Andrew went from #321 to #458 while Leon went from #354 to #36.
Ludvig
Between 1948 and 2021 in Norway · Boys, Andrew went from #321 to #458 while Ludvig went from #334 to #28.
Sindre
Between 1948 and 2021 in Norway · Boys, Andrew went from #321 to #458 while Sindre went from #358 to #197.

Moved the same way as Andrew

Stein
Between 1946 and 2014 in Norway · Boys, Andrew went from #344 to #518 and Stein from #41 to #452.
Ronny
Between 1946 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Andrew went from #344 to #483 and Ronny from #286 to #515.
Frode
Between 1946 and 2008 in Norway · Boys, Andrew went from #344 to #496 and Frode from #103 to #551.
Alfred
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Andrew went from #34 to #106 and Alfred from #134 to #286.

Meaning & Origin

The English form of Greek Andreas, from 'andreios' ('manly, masculine'), itself from 'aner' ('man'). The apostle Andrew was the first disciple to join Jesus and is patron saint of Scotland.

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Greek, biblical

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Other names with a researched meaning and origin →

Where Andrew is officially recorded

7 official registrars have recorded Andrew, between 1946 and 2025, in 79 of those 80 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	1946–2021	61	#206 in 1963
New South Wales, Australia	1952–2016	63	#4 in 1970
New Zealand	1954–2013	58	#2 in 1975
Republic of Ireland	1964–2025	62	#16 in 1992
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#29 in 1996
Northern Ireland	1997–2024	28	#5 in 1997
Scotland	2024	1	#104 in 2024

Its high point came 61 years earlier in Norway (1963) than in Scotland (2024).

Variants

No spelling variants or nicknames recorded yet.

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.

No commonly used alternate spellings recorded.

Pronunciation

AN-droo/ˈæn.dɹuː/

Syllables: 2
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Andrew Is Recorded

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

New South Wales, AustraliaEngland and WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandRepublic of IrelandNorwayNew Zealand

Notable Usage

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

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Preview with a surname

Entirely local — nothing you type here is saved or sent anywhere.

Full sibling-set and initials-across-a-shortlist matching is a planned premium feature — see Premium.

Andrew

Andrew at a glance

What stands out in Andrew's record

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Andrew across 6 official records

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Andrew by decade in New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Andrew appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Andrew

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Andrew

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Andrew and the names beside it

Andrew moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Andrew

Moved the opposite way to Andrew

Moved the same way as Andrew

Meaning & Origin

Where Andrew is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Andrew Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Andrew at a glance

What stands out in Andrew's record

Andrew across 6 official records

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Andrew by decade in New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Andrew appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Andrew

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Andrew

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Andrew and the names beside it

Andrew moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Andrew

Moved the opposite way to Andrew

Moved the same way as Andrew