Andrej — #5934 US boys' name
398 babies named Andrej in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 58% of names given to boys today.
29% of everyone ever named Andrej was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Andrej in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Andrej
The Social Security Administration has registered 398 babies named Andrej between 1965 and 2024, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Andrej currently holds the #5934 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Andrej performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Andrej shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Andrej in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Andrej 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 398 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.
Andrej at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Andrej popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1965
- Peak year (2011)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
Currently ranks #5934 among boys.
398 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 18 births in a single year.
Andrej by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 115 births that decade — 29% of Andrej's all-time total
Andrej decade highlights
- Peak decade 115 births
- Runner-up 96 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Andrej's strongest decade
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Andrej by state
Where Andrej concentrates geographically — total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 21 | 5.3% |
21 of 398 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 5.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 5.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1965–2024 (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.