Andreas
Andreas is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 195 births. Its best rank was 734th, in 1966.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1950.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2006221 births
- Best rank
- #734in 1966
- Since 1913
- 8,472people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,472 boys have been named Andreas in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 221 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2006, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1999, and the 2000s alone account for 22%. It has spent 43 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Andreas | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 41 | |
| 1920s | 39 | |
| 1930s | 26 | |
| 1940s | 32 | |
| 1950s | 150 | |
| 1960s | 671 | |
| 1970s | 760 | |
| 1980s | 1,068 | |
| 1990s | 1,467 | |
| 2000s | 1,858 | |
| 2010s | 1,514 | |
| 2020s | 846 |
In 2006, its biggest year
Andreas was the 889th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2006 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Ethan and Matthew. See all of 2006.
Names that rose and fell with Andreas
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Eliudpeak 2000
- Fabiopeak 2006
- Paolopeak 2007
- Alonpeak 2022
- Neftalipeak 2003
- Romeropeak 2019
- Kalvinpeak 2017
- Eliazarpeak 2007
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.