Andrei — #2239 US boys' name
3,042 babies named Andrei in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 84% of names given to boys today.
30% of everyone ever named Andrei was born in this single decade.
119 babies were named Andrei in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Andrei
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,042 babies named Andrei between 1948 and 2024, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Andrei currently holds the #2239 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 119 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Andrei performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 912 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Andrei shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 583 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Andrei in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Andrei in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,042 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Andrei at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Andrei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1948
- Peak year (2006)
- 119
- Annual births at peak — across 77 years of records
Currently ranks #2239 among boys.
3,042 total births across 77 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 119 births in a single year.
Andrei by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 912 births that decade — 30% of Andrei's all-time total
Andrei decade highlights
- Peak decade 912 births
- Runner-up 782 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Andrei's strongest decade
912 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Andrei by state
Where Andrei concentrates geographically — total births since 1948
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 583 | 19.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 175 | 5.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 153 | 5.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 133 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 98 | 3.2% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 37 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 32 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Washington | | 31 | 1.0% |
583 of 3,042 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 19.2% of nationwide
- Texas 5.8% of nationwide
- New York 5.0% of nationwide
- Florida 4.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 15 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 19.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Andrei appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1948–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.