Andreas
Andreas was given to 154 boys in 2025, #1,276 among boys’ names; 8,679 Americans have been recorded with it since 1913 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 8,150 Americans named Andreas and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (94% of everyone recorded); the median is 25 years old and half are between 14 and 39.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Andreas by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Andreas mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Andreas is “a male given name from Ancient Greek from the Latin form of Andrew.” Its etymology gives the senses “manly” (ἀνδρεῖος) and “man” (ἀνήρ).
Also “a transliteration of the Greek male given name Ανδρέας (Andréas).”
From Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέᾱς (Andréās), cognate with ἀνδρεῖος (andreîos, “manly”), both from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Doublet of Andrew.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Andreas?
#1,276 among boys’ names, 2025
Andreas fell from #1,259 in 2015 to #1,276 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 74.6 to 90.2 per million.
221 babies in 2006, the peak
Andreas peaked in 2006, when 221 boys were given it, #889 among boys’ names. The 154 births of 2025 are 70% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 154 | #1,276 | 0.09 |
| 2024 | 195 | #1,103 | 0.11 |
| 2023 | 174 | #1,176 | 0.10 |
| 2022 | 155 | #1,254 | 0.09 |
| 2021 | 159 | #1,215 | 0.09 |
| 2020 | 163 | #1,178 | 0.09 |
| 2019 | 171 | #1,136 | 0.10 |
| 2018 | 139 | #1,305 | 0.08 |
| 2017 | 151 | #1,213 | 0.08 |
| 2016 | 165 | #1,159 | 0.09 |
Every recorded year (96)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 143 | #1,259 | 0.07 |
| 2014 | 132 | #1,322 | 0.07 |
| 2013 | 131 | #1,315 | 0.07 |
| 2012 | 151 | #1,191 | 0.08 |
| 2011 | 151 | #1,173 | 0.08 |
| 2010 | 180 | #1,068 | 0.09 |
| 2009 | 171 | #1,085 | 0.09 |
| 2008 | 206 | #968 | 0.10 |
| 2007 | 203 | #970 | 0.10 |
| 2006 | 221 | #889 | 0.11 |
| 2005 | 206 | #885 | 0.10 |
| 2004 | 171 | #976 | 0.09 |
| 2003 | 211 | #828 | 0.11 |
| 2002 | 147 | #1,043 | 0.08 |
| 2001 | 164 | #943 | 0.08 |
| 2000 | 159 | #956 | 0.08 |
| 1999 | 169 | #888 | 0.09 |
| 1998 | 160 | #899 | 0.08 |
| 1997 | 158 | #876 | 0.08 |
| 1996 | 145 | #906 | 0.08 |
| 1995 | 153 | #880 | 0.08 |
| 1994 | 145 | #903 | 0.08 |
| 1993 | 142 | #899 | 0.07 |
| 1992 | 134 | #911 | 0.07 |
| 1991 | 130 | #926 | 0.06 |
| 1990 | 131 | #894 | 0.06 |
| 1989 | 139 | #850 | 0.07 |
| 1988 | 118 | #874 | 0.06 |
| 1987 | 131 | #812 | 0.07 |
| 1986 | 111 | #860 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 94 | #939 | 0.05 |
| 1984 | 92 | #917 | 0.05 |
| 1983 | 95 | #906 | 0.05 |
| 1982 | 89 | #950 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 99 | #894 | 0.06 |
| 1980 | 103 | #879 | 0.06 |
| 1979 | 82 | #976 | 0.05 |
| 1978 | 56 | #1,186 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 72 | #1,012 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 69 | #999 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 76 | #938 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 73 | #954 | 0.05 |
| 1973 | 81 | #885 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 79 | #900 | 0.05 |
| 1971 | 86 | #877 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 86 | #869 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 83 | #841 | 0.05 |
| 1968 | 63 | #911 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 82 | #802 | 0.05 |
| 1966 | 101 | #734 | 0.06 |
| 1965 | 69 | #881 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 82 | #840 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 71 | #886 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 47 | #1,120 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 38 | #1,278 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 35 | #1,340 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 28 | #1,501 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 24 | #1,593 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 20 | #1,790 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,629 | under 0.01 |
| 1955 | 14 | #2,144 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,455 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,189 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,377 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,727 | under 0.01 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,024 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,036 | under 0.01 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,793 | under 0.01 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,380 | under 0.01 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,561 | under 0.01 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,148 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,842 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,486 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,662 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,798 | under 0.01 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,712 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,161 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,650 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,543 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,502 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,111 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,962 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,188 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,093 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,277 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,510 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Andreas a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Andreas has been given almost only to boys: 49 girls in 96 years of records.
Girls and boys named Andreas: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Andreas, and how old are they?
8,150 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 94% of the 8,679 Americans ever recorded as Andreas. The median Andreas alive today is 25 years old; half are between 14 and 39.
The 2020 Census counted 11,965 people named Andreas (191 women and girls, 11,774 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,317 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.6 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 8 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 326 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,120 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,890 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,790 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,020 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Andreas born?
The states with the most babies named Andreas are California, New York and Texas, with 58% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 20 | #1,041 | 1.2× |
| New York | 16 | #846 | 1.7× |
| Texas | 16 | #1,254 | 0.6× |
| Florida | 12 | #1,061 | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 9 | #771 | 0.6× |
| New Jersey | 6 | #927 | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 6 | #1,150 | 0.3× |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,096 | 0.3× |
Where Andreas is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Andreas is most over-represented in New York: since 1913 it was given 1.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Andreas with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 114,667 babies since 1880, Andreas is the second most given (7.6% of them). In 2025 it was given to 154 of their 2,156 babies (7.1%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Andreas
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Andreas and names like it
- Compare Andreas and AndresBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sAndreas peaked in 2006.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Andreas since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Andreas: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2006The year the most babies were named Andreas.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Andreas alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with AMost given first.