Andre
Andre is ranked 350th among boys in 2024 (961 births). Its best rank was 119th, in 1984.
- Rank in 2024
- #350down 41 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 9610.06% of boys
- Peak year
- 19702,509 births
- Best rank
- #119in 1984
- Since 1880
- 131,985people given the name
The story in the numbers
129,780 boys have been named Andre in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 2,509 births — 0.14% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 280 → 350).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1986, and the 1980s alone account for 17%. It has spent 104 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 2,205 girls have also been given it, 1.7% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Andre | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | |
| 1890s | 23 | |
| 1900s | 19 | |
| 1910s | 223 | |
| 1920s | 568 | |
| 1930s | 853 | |
| 1940s | 1,706 | |
| 1950s | 7,399 | |
| 1960s | 18,116 | |
| 1970s | 21,140 | |
| 1980s | 21,609 | |
| 1990s | 21,090 | |
| 2000s | 17,797 | |
| 2010s | 13,674 | |
| 2020s | 5,557 |
In 1970, its biggest year
Andre was the 134th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1970 were Michael, James, David, John and Robert. See all of 1970.
Names that rose and fell with Andre
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Anibalpeak 1990
- Rolandopeak 1994
- Jaimepeak 1980
- Roelpeak 2000
- Kervinpeak 1989
- Bryanpeak 1985
- Dawaynepeak 1977
- Brantpeak 1970
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.