Andres — #197 US boys' name
94,525 babies named Andres in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99% of names given to boys today.
26% of everyone ever named Andres was born in this single decade.
2,721 babies were named Andres in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Andres
The Social Security Administration has registered 94,525 babies named Andres between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Andres currently holds the #197 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 2,721 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Andres performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 24,775 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Andres shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 29,081 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Andres in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Andres 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 94,525 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.
Andres at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Andres popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2007)
- 2,721
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #197 among boys.
94,525 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 2,721 births in a single year.
Andres popularity over time — girls
449 total births recorded since 1925 (Andres as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Andres accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Andres by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 24,775 births that decade — 26% of Andres's all-time total
Andres decade highlights
- Peak decade 24,775 births
- Runner-up 19,639 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Andres's strongest decade
24,775 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Andres by state
Where Andres concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 29,081 | 30.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 21,322 | 22.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 6,672 | 7.1% |
| #4 | New York | | 4,915 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 4,275 | 4.5% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 4,125 | 4.4% |
| #7 | New Mexico | | 2,262 | 2.4% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 1,951 | 2.1% |
29,081 of 94,525 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 30.8% of nationwide
- Texas 22.6% of nationwide
- Florida 7.1% of nationwide
- New York 5.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 43 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 30.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Andres appears in 43 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, 1880–2024 (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.