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Andreas

#1,276 in 2025Boys' name

Manly

Andreas has been given to 8,679 babies in the U.S. since 1913. In 2025 it ranked #1,276 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2006, with 221 recorded.

Babies named Andreas, 2025

1 in 21,500

Andreas over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Andreas: meaning, origin, and history

Manly

Ancient Greek

What Andreas means

Andreas means “manly”, associated with andreîos.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέᾱς (Andréās), cognate with ἀνδρεῖος (andreîos, “manly”), both from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Doublet of Andrew.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Andreas (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Andreas is used in English, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Indonesian and Latin and additional language sections. Its origins include Ancient Greek.

Andreas comes through Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέᾱς.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Andrew and Ανδρέας.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Dutch, Andreas is pronounced /ˌɑnˈdreː.ɑs/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 8,630 boys were recorded with the name Andreas between 1913 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 221 in 2006; its best national rank was #734 in 1966.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,178 in 2020 to #1,276 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,259 in 2015 to #1,276 in 2025.

In the United States, 49 girls were recorded with the name Andreas between 1967 and 2005. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1996; its best national rank was #6,835 in 1967.

How common is Andreas?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 21,500
154 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 11,100
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,276
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
14,923 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Andreas sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 14,923 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Andreas. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Andreass were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Andreas was born before 2000 — so the typical Andreas is around 25 today.

Median birth year
2000
About 25 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
21.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
48.8%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
8,492
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 21.5% of all recorded uses (1,859).

Is Andreas rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−173
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−98
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−17
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
1.08×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
69.7%
Peak was 2006 (221)
Years since peak
19
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
9.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#734
1966

Spellings of Andreas

Andreas is not the most common spelling — Andrew is, with 83.4% against Andreas's 0.54%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Andreas is used

Across 2016–2025, Andreas was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 6,250 boys, against 1 in 12,047 across all states with data. It was least common in Indiana (1 in 50,000).

216 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 6,250
  2. 2Arizona1 in 7,692
  3. 3Washington1 in 7,692
  4. 4California1 in 10,000
  5. 5Florida1 in 10,000
  6. 6Illinois1 in 10,000
  7. 7Michigan1 in 10,000
  8. 8Massachusetts1 in 11,111

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Andreas around the world

Where Andreas ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #687
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1978–2025
    #762
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    1966–2025
    #829
    in 2025
  • France
    1951–2025
    #395
    in 2025
  • Norway
    1880–2025
    #96
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #886
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1944–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Andreas

People whose public names include Andreas, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Andreas in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Andreas. Linked forms have their own page here.

AnderAndorAndreAndersAndreaAndrejAndresAndreuAndrewAndreyAndriyAndrosAndrowAnteroOndrejAndrejsAndriusAndrzejResAkisÁndeÁndáAndréAntti

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Andreas by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,276
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 98
Best rank ever
#734
1966
Peak year
2006
221 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
8,630
Count in 2025
154

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,835
1967
Peak year
1996
9 that year
First recorded
1967
Last recorded
2005
All-time count
49
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Andreas

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

AndersAndreaAndreiAndreyAndersonAnderAndraePhineasAndrickAndrewsAndrezAndreeAndreusAndersenAndrzejAndrikAndresAndrellFinneasAndruAndrielAndrejAndrianAndra

Names with a curve like Andreas

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Andreas, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

CristobalFrancescoKalvinRamseyLazaroEliezerOctavioSimeonPaoloAlvaroMarkoGerman

Sibling names for Andreas

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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