Unisex name · since 1979
Ande
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 202 babies named Ande, peaking in 1993. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,686 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,420 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 202
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ande is the #15420 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 202 recorded since 1979.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ande has been recorded 202 times among girls since 1979, currently ranked #15420 nationally and more common than 11% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #19,686 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,420 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 202 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ande ranks #19,686 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,420 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 202 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,686 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,420 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 202
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ande's 202 recorded births place it above 72.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ande compares
202 37th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ande's all-time total is 46% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ande | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 202 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ande's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ande's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1991, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ande popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Ande popularity over time - boys
41 total births recorded since 1956 (Ande as boys' name)
Ande by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (70 births, 35% of the file).
1990s was Ande's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Ande births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
70 births
- 2000s
2000s
61 births
- 2010s
2010s
41 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 70 births (35% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ande's data
- Ande's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (70 total births) through the 2020s (24) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ande: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Ande 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.