Andy
Andy was given to 524 boys in 2025, #565 among boys’ names; 95,492 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 78,000 Americans named Andy and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (82% of everyone recorded); the median is 31 years old and half are between 19 and 53.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Andy by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Andy mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Andy is “a diminutive of the male given name Andrew, from Ancient Greek.”
Also “a diminutive of the female given name Andrea, from Ancient Greek.”
Clipping of Andrew + -y.
/ˈæn.di/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Andy?
#565 among boys’ names, 2025
Andy fell from #323 in 2015 to #565 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.56 to 0.31 per 1,000.
1,951 babies in 2005, the peak
Andy peaked in 2005, when 1,951 babies were given it (1,936 boys, #201 among boys’ names). The 555 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 28% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 524 | #565 | 0.31 |
| 2024 | 630 | #491 | 0.37 |
| 2023 | 604 | #501 | 0.35 |
| 2022 | 689 | #449 | 0.39 |
| 2021 | 637 | #466 | 0.36 |
| 2020 | 757 | #401 | 0.44 |
| 2019 | 838 | #377 | 0.47 |
| 2018 | 884 | #368 | 0.49 |
| 2017 | 881 | #377 | 0.48 |
| 2016 | 1,060 | #327 | 0.56 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,068 | #323 | 0.56 |
| 2014 | 1,270 | #285 | 0.66 |
| 2013 | 1,193 | #294 | 0.63 |
| 2012 | 1,273 | #274 | 0.67 |
| 2011 | 1,273 | #275 | 0.67 |
| 2010 | 1,481 | #235 | 0.77 |
| 2009 | 1,663 | #219 | 0.84 |
| 2008 | 1,816 | #212 | 0.89 |
| 2007 | 1,832 | #214 | 0.88 |
| 2006 | 1,904 | #204 | 0.93 |
| 2005 | 1,936 | #201 | 1.0 |
| 2004 | 1,799 | #204 | 0.91 |
| 2003 | 1,638 | #216 | 0.83 |
| 2002 | 1,730 | #207 | 0.89 |
| 2001 | 1,796 | #204 | 0.92 |
| 2000 | 1,711 | #208 | 0.87 |
| 1999 | 1,572 | #217 | 0.82 |
| 1998 | 1,447 | #223 | 0.76 |
| 1997 | 1,425 | #217 | 0.76 |
| 1996 | 1,292 | #232 | 0.68 |
| 1995 | 1,107 | #255 | 0.58 |
| 1994 | 1,137 | #254 | 0.59 |
| 1993 | 1,152 | #248 | 0.59 |
| 1992 | 1,164 | #247 | 0.58 |
| 1991 | 1,041 | #260 | 0.52 |
| 1990 | 957 | #274 | 0.47 |
| 1989 | 900 | #275 | 0.45 |
| 1988 | 837 | #276 | 0.44 |
| 1987 | 809 | #269 | 0.43 |
| 1986 | 718 | #289 | 0.39 |
| 1985 | 760 | #275 | 0.41 |
| 1984 | 740 | #282 | 0.41 |
| 1983 | 833 | #251 | 0.46 |
| 1982 | 927 | #246 | 0.51 |
| 1981 | 969 | #237 | 0.54 |
| 1980 | 967 | #238 | 0.54 |
| 1979 | 1,012 | #225 | 0.59 |
| 1978 | 970 | #220 | 0.59 |
| 1977 | 973 | #223 | 0.59 |
| 1976 | 914 | #222 | 0.58 |
| 1975 | 926 | #221 | 0.59 |
| 1974 | 897 | #231 | 0.57 |
| 1973 | 775 | #253 | 0.50 |
| 1972 | 772 | #258 | 0.48 |
| 1971 | 846 | #262 | 0.48 |
| 1970 | 953 | #244 | 0.51 |
| 1969 | 944 | #238 | 0.53 |
| 1968 | 907 | #236 | 0.52 |
| 1967 | 941 | #232 | 0.54 |
| 1966 | 997 | #221 | 0.56 |
| 1965 | 1,175 | #208 | 0.63 |
| 1964 | 1,470 | #193 | 0.74 |
| 1963 | 1,482 | #200 | 0.73 |
| 1962 | 1,419 | #206 | 0.69 |
| 1961 | 1,374 | #208 | 0.65 |
| 1960 | 1,429 | #201 | 0.67 |
| 1959 | 1,309 | #212 | 0.61 |
| 1958 | 1,136 | #229 | 0.54 |
| 1957 | 980 | #244 | 0.45 |
| 1956 | 673 | #283 | 0.32 |
| 1955 | 575 | #304 | 0.28 |
| 1954 | 500 | #322 | 0.25 |
| 1953 | 471 | #325 | 0.24 |
| 1952 | 424 | #334 | 0.22 |
| 1951 | 427 | #330 | 0.23 |
| 1950 | 402 | #336 | 0.22 |
| 1949 | 456 | #320 | 0.26 |
| 1948 | 487 | #308 | 0.28 |
| 1947 | 457 | #319 | 0.25 |
| 1946 | 429 | #311 | 0.26 |
| 1945 | 346 | #319 | 0.26 |
| 1944 | 329 | #334 | 0.24 |
| 1943 | 344 | #329 | 0.24 |
| 1942 | 323 | #338 | 0.23 |
| 1941 | 278 | #349 | 0.23 |
| 1940 | 257 | #355 | 0.22 |
| 1939 | 252 | #349 | 0.23 |
| 1938 | 243 | #356 | 0.22 |
| 1937 | 232 | #352 | 0.22 |
| 1936 | 224 | #361 | 0.22 |
| 1935 | 218 | #365 | 0.21 |
| 1934 | 211 | #374 | 0.20 |
| 1933 | 232 | #355 | 0.23 |
| 1932 | 217 | #381 | 0.21 |
| 1931 | 243 | #358 | 0.23 |
| 1930 | 257 | #357 | 0.23 |
| 1929 | 255 | #352 | 0.24 |
| 1928 | 258 | #359 | 0.23 |
| 1927 | 305 | #326 | 0.27 |
| 1926 | 245 | #372 | 0.22 |
| 1925 | 254 | #374 | 0.23 |
| 1924 | 266 | #368 | 0.23 |
| 1923 | 291 | #345 | 0.27 |
| 1922 | 303 | #336 | 0.28 |
| 1921 | 315 | #336 | 0.29 |
| 1920 | 314 | #327 | 0.30 |
| 1919 | 285 | #334 | 0.29 |
| 1918 | 361 | #284 | 0.36 |
| 1917 | 298 | #307 | 0.32 |
| 1916 | 291 | #305 | 0.33 |
| 1915 | 277 | #305 | 0.33 |
| 1914 | 225 | #302 | 0.34 |
| 1913 | 150 | #333 | 0.29 |
| 1912 | 113 | #363 | 0.26 |
| 1911 | 63 | #344 | 0.28 |
| 1910 | 76 | #278 | 0.39 |
| 1909 | 53 | #315 | 0.32 |
| 1908 | 56 | #290 | 0.36 |
| 1907 | 55 | #284 | 0.37 |
| 1906 | 45 | #304 | 0.34 |
| 1905 | 38 | #322 | 0.29 |
| 1904 | 46 | #277 | 0.36 |
| 1903 | 45 | #278 | 0.38 |
| 1902 | 42 | #292 | 0.34 |
| 1901 | 34 | #302 | 0.32 |
| 1900 | 54 | #281 | 0.36 |
| 1899 | 41 | #266 | 0.39 |
| 1898 | 40 | #288 | 0.33 |
| 1897 | 50 | #244 | 0.44 |
| 1896 | 45 | #270 | 0.38 |
| 1895 | 39 | #282 | 0.33 |
| 1894 | 44 | #261 | 0.38 |
| 1893 | 51 | #241 | 0.45 |
| 1892 | 73 | #204 | 0.60 |
| 1891 | 59 | #204 | 0.58 |
| 1890 | 53 | #226 | 0.48 |
| 1889 | 45 | #242 | 0.41 |
| 1888 | 60 | #226 | 0.50 |
| 1887 | 54 | #210 | 0.53 |
| 1886 | 49 | #243 | 0.44 |
| 1885 | 55 | #217 | 0.51 |
| 1884 | 55 | #227 | 0.48 |
| 1883 | 43 | #246 | 0.41 |
| 1882 | 51 | #231 | 0.45 |
| 1881 | 58 | #193 | 0.58 |
| 1880 | 58 | #209 | 0.52 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Andy a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 95,492 Americans recorded as Andy, 1% are girls and 99% boys. In 2025 it went to 31 girls and 524 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Andy: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Andy, and how old are they?
78,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 82% of the 95,492 Americans ever recorded as Andy. The median Andy alive today is 31 years old; half are between 19 and 53.
The 2020 Census counted 91,633 people named Andy (1,510 women and girls, 90,123 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 77,102 born in the U.S. The Census count is 19% above 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 | 1,020 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 11,400 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 13,300 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 14,800 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 26,100 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 11,300 |
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 Andy born?
The states with the most babies named Andy are California, Texas and Florida, with 37% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 90 | #378 | 1.9× |
| Texas | 53 | #588 | 1.1× |
| Florida | 37 | #491 | 1.0× |
| New York | 33 | #491 | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 27 | #388 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 20 | #520 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 16 | #592 | 0.9× |
| Virginia | 15 | #499 | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 14 | #635 | 0.7× |
| Kentucky | 14 | #347 | 0.8× |
Where Andy is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Andy is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.9 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 Andy 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 6 names spelled alike, given to 110,112 babies since 1880, Andy is the most given (87% of them). In 2025 it was given to 555 of their 1,480 babies (38%), again the most given.
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 Andy
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 Andy and names like it
- Compare Andy and AndiBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sAndy peaked in 2005.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Andy since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Andy: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2005The year the most babies were named Andy.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Andy alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with AMost given first.