Andreas

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Andreas: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Andreas: Recorded every year since 1945, it reached #1 in 1991, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
128times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#1highest recorded position
31groupings it qualifies for
70names it appears alongside

What stands out in Andreas's record

Reached #1 in a registrar's published list. Names by highest position
Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 55 years running. Names by top-100 run
Appears alongside 70 other names across 6 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#358
1997	#438
1998	#458
1999	#418
2000	#468
2001	#460
2002	#524
2003	#565
2004	#576
2005	#544
2006	#554
2007	#501
2008	#604
2009	#711
2010	#721
2011	#652
2012	#719
2013	#655
2014	#714
2015	#601
2016	#631
2017	#591
2018	#549
2019	#597
2020	#668
2021	#632
2022	#571
2023	#679
2024	#552

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 every year from 1945 to 2025.

In 2025: #96 among boys in Norway, #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #140 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #1 among boys in Norway, in 1991 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #96 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Andreas appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 81 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 21,923 births with the name.

Andreas across 3 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.

Andreas'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	#140 (1945)	#1 (1991)	#96 (2025)	81 of 81	21,923 (1945–2025)	755 (1995)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#229 (1966)	#222 (1968)	#829 (2025)	18 of 60	69 (1966–2025)	6 (2007)
England and Wales · Boys	#358 (1996)	#358 (1996)	#552 (2024)	29 of 29	1,519 (1996–2024)	69 (2024)

Andreas 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 Andreas in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	204	5 of 10	41
1950s	412	10 of 10	41
1960s	569	10 of 10	57
1970s	1,751	10 of 10	175
1980s	4,909	10 of 10	491
1990sbusiest	6,833	10 of 10	683
2000s	4,670	10 of 10	467
2010s	2,030	10 of 10	203
2020s	545	6 of 10	91

Across Norway · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 683 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Andreas appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #1 in Norway in 2003.

Andreas's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#552	69	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#679	51	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#571	66	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#632	58	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#668	51	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#597	62	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#549	68	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#591	63	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#631	56	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#601	61	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#714	45	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#655	51	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#719	46	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#652	50	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#721	42	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#711	42	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#604	52	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#501	65	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#554	53	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#544	49	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#576	43	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#565	40	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#524	40	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#460	45	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#468	43	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#418	53	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#458	45	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#438	46	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#358	64	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#96	69	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#84	80	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#55	117	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#66	96	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#65	98	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#72	85	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#61	115	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#64	118	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#43	167	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#40	182	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#42	173	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#29	200	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#26	221	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#24	227	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#16	303	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#16	324	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#12	368	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#9	406	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#12	379	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#4	457	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#6	443	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#3	495	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#1	512	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#2	508	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#1	552	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#3	550	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#2	630	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#2	603	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#1	692	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#2	698	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#2	755	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#2	625	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#2	667	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#2	741	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#1	733	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#2	689	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#2	654	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#2	665	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#3	606	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#5	515	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#5	492	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#5	479	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#10	403	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#14	378	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#12	361	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#11	356	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#15	326	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#27	250	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#26	245	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#44	181	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#43	187	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#54	153	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#84	105	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#71	127	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#89	100	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#102	77	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#96	86	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#108	70	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#136	49	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#119	59	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#114	61	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#151	41	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#134	42	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#105	65	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#114	57	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#145	39	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#136	41	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#134	43	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#143	35	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#142	37	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#123	45	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#138	35	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#131	38	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#119	44	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#115	48	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#122	46	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#143	34	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#120	46	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#126	42	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#121	48	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#140	34	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#496	6	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#279	4	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	5	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	5	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 81 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1, first reached in 1991.

It held a top-100 place in 56 years, 55 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 755 births, registered in Norway in 1995.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10. It reached #1 in 1 registrar's list.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1966, and 51 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.

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.

Andre · #26, 74y
Andrea · #11, 70y
Andreea · #362, 24y
Andrei · #239, 53y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Ingrid · #1, 81y
Henrik · #3, 81y
Kari · #3, 81y
Kristine · #5, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Anne · #1, 81y
Charlotte · #1, 73y
Christine · #1, 81y
Daniel · #1, 81y

Comparisons involving Andreas

Existing comparison pages where Andreas 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 Andreas in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Andreas vs Aksel
Andreas and Aksel were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #96 and #25.
Andreas · Aksel · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Andreas vs Arne
Andreas and Arne were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #96 and #222.
Andreas · Arne · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Andreas vs Bjørn
Andreas and Bjørn were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #96 and #56.
Andreas · Bjørn · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Order changes

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

Jonas vs Andreas
In 2005, Jonas moved ahead of Andreas in Norway · Boys — #4 and #3 the year before became #2 and #6.
Jonas · Andreas · 77 shared years, 1945–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 2005 Norway ranking
Andreas vs Mathias
In 2004, Mathias moved ahead of Andreas in Norway · Boys — #1 and #5 the year before became #3 and #2.
Andreas · Mathias · 69 shared years, 1945–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 2004 Norway ranking
Emil vs Andreas
In 2007, Emil moved ahead of Andreas in Norway · Boys — #10 and #4 the year before became #3 and #12.
Emil · Andreas · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 2007 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Andreas measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Andreas at its highest position.

Andreas vs Christian
Andreas and Christian were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #96 and #131.
Andreas · Christian · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
David vs Andreas
David and Andreas were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #88 and #96.
David · Andreas · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Andreas vs Einar
Andreas and Einar were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #96 and #57.
Andreas · Einar · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Andreas was ranked #1 in Norway · Boys in 1991. 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.

Andreas 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 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Andreas without appearing here.

Andreas moved ahead of

Wayne Compare
In 2010 they stood at #721 and #678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #652 and #1303.
Jon Compare
In 2009 they stood at #711 and #696 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #721 and #996.
Tony Compare
In 2016 they stood at #631 and #597 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #591 and #833.
Colin Compare
In 2014 they stood at #714 and #684 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #601 and #821.

Moved ahead of Andreas

Cameron Compare
In 2000 they stood at #288 and #321 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2001 that had become #409 and #104.
Daithi Compare
In 2006 they stood at #288 and #321 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #435 and #130.
Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #438 and #484 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #458 and #182.
Tadhg Compare
In 2022 they stood at #571 and #600 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #679 and #419.

Moved the opposite way to Andreas

Geir Compare
Between 1945 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Andreas went from #140 to #84 while Geir went from #59 to #482.
Paul Compare
Between 1945 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Andreas went from #140 to #84 while Paul went from #73 to #370.
Rune Compare
Between 1945 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Andreas went from #140 to #84 while Rune went from #111 to #498.
Richard Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Andreas went from #140 to #55 while Richard went from #219 to #481.

Moved the same way as Andreas

Adrian Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Andreas went from #229 to #829 and Adrian from #80 to #348.
Alfred Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Andreas went from #229 to #829 and Alfred from #159 to #286.
Denis Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Andreas went from #229 to #829 and Denis from #26 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Andreas went from #229 to #829 and Edward from #17 to #125.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #1 in Norway in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Andreas

Andreas at a glance

What stands out in Andreas's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Andreas across 3 official records

Andreas by decade in Norway · Boys

Andreas appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Andreas

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Andreas

Andreas and the names beside it

Andreas moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Andreas

Moved the opposite way to Andreas

Moved the same way as Andreas

Andreas at a glance

What stands out in Andreas's record

Andreas across 3 official records

Andreas by decade in Norway · Boys

Andreas appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Andreas

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Andreas

Andreas and the names beside it

Andreas moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Andreas

Moved the opposite way to Andreas

Moved the same way as Andreas