Andrus — boys' name
138 babies named Andrus in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
138 boys have been named Andrus since 1916, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2025.
- 138
- total births
- 1916–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 14%
- born in that decade
14% of everyone ever named Andrus was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Andrus in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Andrus
The Social Security Administration has registered 138 babies named Andrus between 1916 and 2025, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Andrus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Andrus performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Andrus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Andrus in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Andrus 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 138 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.
Andrus at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Andrus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1916
- Peak year (2011)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
138 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 10 births in a single year.
Andrus by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 19 births that decade — 14% of Andrus's all-time total
Andrus decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Andrus's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 14% of all-time use.
Andrus by state
Where Andrus concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 22 | 15.9% |
22 of 138 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 15.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 15.9% 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, 1916–2025 (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.