Boys' name · since 1971
Amdrew
Amdrew has 104 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,130 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 104
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
104 boys have been named Amdrew since 1971, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Amdrew has 104 recorded births among boys since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2001.
- #17,130 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 104 born since 1971
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amdrew ranks #17,130 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 104 born since 1971, peaking in the 1980s.
- #17,130 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 104
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Amdrew's 104 recorded births place it above 62.21% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Amdrew's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Amdrew's full recorded timeline at 1989, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Amdrew popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2001
- Peak year (1988)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Amdrew by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (60 births, 58% of the file).
1980s was Amdrew's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Amdrew births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
60 births
- 1990s
1990s
34 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 60 births (58% of all-time use).
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What to do with Amdrew's data
- Amdrew's decade-level peak was the 1980s (60 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Amdrew
Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Amdrew: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~30 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1971–2001 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Amdrew draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.