# Andreas (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/andreas/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “manly”, “man” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,679 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,630 / 49 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,571, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Andreas, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέᾱς (Andréās), cognate with ἀνδρεῖος (andreîos, “manly”), both from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Doublet of Andrew.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 5 | 6,836 |
| 1980 | 7 | 8,206 |
| 1982 | 6 | 9,282 |
| 1988 | 5 | 11,892 |
| 1992 | 6 | 11,825 |
| 1993 | 6 | 11,859 |
| 1996 | 9 | 8,860 |
| 2005 | 5 | 16,684 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 151 | 1,173 |
| 2012 | 151 | 1,191 |
| 2013 | 131 | 1,315 |
| 2014 | 132 | 1,322 |
| 2015 | 143 | 1,259 |
| 2016 | 165 | 1,159 |
| 2017 | 151 | 1,213 |
| 2018 | 139 | 1,305 |
| 2019 | 171 | 1,136 |
| 2020 | 163 | 1,178 |
| 2021 | 159 | 1,215 |
| 2022 | 155 | 1,254 |
| 2023 | 174 | 1,176 |
| 2024 | 195 | 1,103 |
| 2025 | 154 | 1,276 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 50 | 652 |
| 2012 | 46 | 719 |
| 2013 | 51 | 655 |
| 2014 | 45 | 714 |
| 2015 | 61 | 601 |
| 2016 | 56 | 631 |
| 2017 | 63 | 591 |
| 2018 | 68 | 549 |
| 2019 | 62 | 597 |
| 2020 | 51 | 668 |
| 2021 | 58 | 632 |
| 2022 | 66 | 571 |
| 2023 | 51 | 679 |
| 2024 | 69 | 552 |
| 2025 | 52 | 687 |

## People named Andreas

- Andreas Vesalius, Flemish anatomist, physician and author (1514–1564)
- Andreas Brehme, German association football player (1960–2024)
- Andreas Christensen, Danish association football player
- Andreas Kaplan, German economist, dean, university rector; higher education expert; edtech; social media; 
- Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Baltic German general (1761-1818)
- Andreas Möller, German footballer (born 1967)
- Andreas Köpke, German footballer
- Andreas Ivanschitz, Austrian footballer (born 1983)
- Andreas Baader, German far-left militant leader (1943–1977)
- Andreas Pereira, Brazilian-Belgian association football player
- Andreas Cornelius, Danish footballer
- Andreas Gursky, German artist and photographer (born 1955)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.