# Andrei (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/andrei/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɑːndɹeɪ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,095 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,095 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,742, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 84 | 1,738 |
| 2012 | 85 | 1,757 |
| 2013 | 87 | 1,696 |
| 2014 | 68 | 2,063 |
| 2015 | 75 | 1,931 |
| 2016 | 66 | 2,113 |
| 2017 | 74 | 1,938 |
| 2018 | 70 | 2,049 |
| 2019 | 72 | 2,022 |
| 2020 | 60 | 2,269 |
| 2021 | 94 | 1,724 |
| 2022 | 76 | 2,001 |
| 2023 | 60 | 2,317 |
| 2024 | 64 | 2,237 |
| 2025 | 53 | 2,517 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 57 | 602 |
| 2012 | 54 | 640 |
| 2013 | 53 | 637 |
| 2014 | 66 | 550 |
| 2015 | 83 | 478 |
| 2016 | 127 | 365 |
| 2017 | 134 | 354 |
| 2018 | 159 | 304 |
| 2019 | 186 | 263 |
| 2020 | 129 | 347 |
| 2021 | 124 | 365 |
| 2022 | 105 | 404 |
| 2023 | 86 | 464 |
| 2024 | 71 | 538 |
| 2025 | 61 | 615 |

## People named Andrei

- Andrei Kobyakow, 8th Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus
- Andrei Mikhnevich, Belarusian shot putter
- Andrei Zygmantovich, Belarusian footballer
- Andrei Krauchanka, Belarusian decathlete
- Andrei Sannikov, Belarusian pro-democracy activist
- Andrei Rybakou, Belarusian weightlifter
- Andrei Arlovski, Belarusian mixed martial artist
- Andrei Aramnau, Belarusian weightlifter
- Andrei Stepanov, Estonian footballer (born 1979)
- Andrei Jämsä, Estonian rower (born 1982)
- Andrei Kostitsyn, Belarusian ice hockey player
- Andrei Shleifer, American economist

## 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.