Andreu

Boys' name

Form of Andrew

Andreu has been given to 243 babies in the U.S. since 1987. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2019, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Andreu, 2024

1 in 669,000

Andreu over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Andreu: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Andrew

Ancient Greek

What Andreu means

Andreu is a form of Andrew.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Andreu is used in Catalan.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ən.ˈdɾew/ for Andreu.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Andreu → Andrew. The family’s meaning is “manly”, recorded in English with the source elements andreîos.

Origin, language, and formation

Andreu is used in Catalan and Old Galician-Portuguese. Its origins include Ancient Greek.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Andrew.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Catalan, Andreu is pronounced [ənˈdɾe̞w].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 243 boys were recorded with the name Andreu between 1987 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2019; its best national rank was #5,544 in 1996.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Andreu?

Andreu had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 669,000; 5 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 345,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 463,412 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Andreu 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 2024 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 463,412 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Andreu. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Andreus were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Andreu was born before 2005 — so the typical Andreu is around 20 today.

Median birth year: 2005; About 20 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 30.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 64.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 243; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 30.9% of all recorded uses (75).

Is Andreu 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2019 (15)
Years since peak: 6; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 40.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,544; 1996

Spellings of Andreu

Andreu is not the most common spelling — Andrew is, with 82.8% against Andreu's 0.02%.

Andrew82.8%1,329,454
Andre8.1%130,656
Andres6.0%96,284
Andreas0.54%8,630
Dandre0.48%7,741
Andrea0.38%6,029
Ander0.28%4,549
Andrei0.19%3,095

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.

Andreu by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,544; 1996
Peak year: 2019; 15 that year
First recorded: 1987
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 243
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Andreu

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

Andriy Andris Andros Andrej Andrus Andie Anduin Andriel Andrell Andrik Andry Andrzej Andri Andray Andoni Andras Andreus Andree Andrez Andrews Andrick Andranik Andric Anden

Sibling names for Andreu

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

For a sister

Keren Leena Nala Kairi Emani Kamilah Elliot Royalty

For a brother

Joziah Ishaan Khalid Torin Kamryn Leighton Simeon Turner

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