Androw

Boys' name

English equivalent of Andrew

Androw has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1983. 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 1983, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Androw, 1983

1 in 693,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Androw: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Andrew

Ancient Greek

What Androw means

Androw is a English equivalent of Andrew.

Origin, language, and formation

Androw is used in Welsh. Its origins include Ancient Greek.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Andrew.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Welsh, Androw is pronounced /anˈdrou̯/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Androw between 1983 and 1983. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1983; its best national rank was #6,282 in 1983.

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 Androw?

Androw had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1983, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1983: 1 in 693,000; 5 of 3,463,011 births
Among boys only: 1 in 358,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1983: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 480,076 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Androw 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 1983 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 480,076 children born in 1983 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Androw. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Androws were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Androw was born before 1983 — so the typical Androw is around 42 today.

Median birth year: 1983; About 42 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Androw 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 1983 (5)
Years since peak: 42; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #6,282; 1983

Spellings of Androw

Androw is not the most common spelling — Andrew is, with 83.8% against Androw's <0.01%.

Andrew83.8%1,329,454
Andre8.2%130,656
Andres6.1%96,284
Andrea0.38%6,029
Andrei0.20%3,095
Andrey0.17%2,709
Andra0.16%2,592
Andrae0.13%2,122

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.

Androw 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: #6,282; 1983
Peak year: 1983; 5 that year
First recorded: 1983
Last recorded: 1983
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Androw

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

Andiel Andrek Andols Andino Andrii Andes Andrade Andrean Andis Andee Andreq Andor Andamo Farrow Barrow Andera Andreo Anderew Andress Andersyn Andr Andreina Andrico Andew

Sibling names for Androw

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

Tanesha Matthew Laquita Thomas Holli Venessa Marquita Eboni

For a brother

Jerrod Marques Jamaal Donnell Brenton Chauncey Leopoldo Whitney

Explore around Androw

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