Boys' name · since 1880
Andre
130,656 babies named Andre in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #256 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #368 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 130,656
- born since 1880
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Andre is the #368 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 130,656 recorded since 1880.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Andre has been recorded 130,656 times among boys since 1880, currently ranked #368 nationally and more common than 97% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #256 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #368 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 130,656 born since 1880
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Andre ranks #256 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #368 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 130,656 born since 1880, peaking in the 1980s.
- #256 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #368 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 130,656
- born since 1880
- 1980s
- peak decade
Andre's 130,656 recorded births place it above 99.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
50 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Andre compares
130,656 Top 2% higher than 98% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Andre's all-time total is 354x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Andre | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 130,656 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 2,510 | 34 | 22,252 |
Andre's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Andre's full recorded timeline at 1964, 87% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 13% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1890, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1970 peak of 2,510 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Andre popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1970)
- 2,510
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Andre popularity over time - girls
2,205 total births recorded since 1916 (Andre as girls' name)
Andre by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (21,607 births, 17% of the file).
1980s was Andre's strongest decade.
21,607 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 17% of all-time use.
Andre births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 6
1880s
6 births
- 1890s 23
1890s
23 births
- 1900s 19
1900s
19 births
- 1910s 223
1910s
223 births
- 1920s 568
1920s
568 births
- 1930s 853
1930s
853 births
- 1940s 1,705
1940s
1,705 births
- 1950s 7,399
1950s
7,399 births
- 1960s
1960s
18,117 births
- 1970s
1970s
21,139 births
- 1980s
1980s
21,607 births
- 1990s
1990s
21,089 births
- 2000s
2000s
17,798 births
- 2010s
2010s
13,676 births
- 2020s 6,434
2020s
6,434 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 21,607 births (17% of all-time use).
How Andre compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Andre's total volume
Andre by state
Where Andre concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 16,852 | 12.9% |
| #2 | New York | | 12,793 | 9.8% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 8,701 | 6.7% |
| #4 | Texas | | 8,664 | 6.6% |
| #5 | Florida | | 6,902 | 5.3% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 5,963 | 4.6% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 5,620 | 4.3% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 5,122 | 3.9% |
16,852 of 130,656 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Andre appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Andre's data
- Andre's decade-level peak was the 1980s (21,607 total births); usage has since declined to 6,434 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Andres (16,852 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Andre: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Andre 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.