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Andris

#12,144 in 2025Boys' name

Diminutive of Andrew

Andris has been given to 222 babies in the U.S. since 1950. In 2025 it ranked #12,144 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1953, with 17 recorded.

Babies named Andris, 2025

1 in 663,000

Andris over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Andris: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Andrew

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Andris means

Andris is a diminutive of Andrew.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Andris is used in Latvian and Hungarian.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈɒn.driʃ/ for Andris.

Meaning behind the documented name family

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

Origin, language, and formation

Andris is used in Hungarian and Latvian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Andrew and András.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hungarian, Andris is pronounced [ˈɒndriʃ].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 222 boys were recorded with the name Andris between 1950 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 17 in 1953; its best national rank was #1,900 in 1953.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Andris?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#12,144
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Andris 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Andris. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Andriss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Andris was born before 1965 — so the typical Andris is around 60 today.

Median birth year
1965
About 60 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
42.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
10.8%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
222
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Choose a decade

1950s — 42.8% of all recorded uses (95).

Is Andris 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
29.4%
Peak was 1953 (17)
Years since peak
72
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
24.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,900
1953

Spellings of Andris

Andris is not the most common spelling — Andrew is, with 82.5% against Andris's 0.01%.

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.

Andris around the world

Where Andris 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
    2022–2022
    #4,790
    in 2022
  • Ireland
    2009–2009
    #701
    in 2009
  • France
    1999–1999
    #4,060
    in 1999
  • Norway
    1880–2014
    #515
    in 2014
  • South Australia
    1949–1985
    #449
    in 1985

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS 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.

Andris by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#12,144
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#1,900
1953
Peak year
1953
17 that year
First recorded
1950
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
222
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Andris

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

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Sibling names for Andris

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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