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Andy

boy name
Origin
Greek
Syllables
2
Peak era
2000s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

pet form of Andrew, from Greek andreios, "manly, masculine"

Famously borne by Andy Warhol, who turned soup cans and celebrity silkscreens into the face of Pop Art. Carried by Andy Lau of the Four Heavenly Kings.

The story

Andy’s room tells a growing-up story before anyone needs to explain it. In Toy Story, his birthday brings Buzz Lightyear into the toys’ world and unsettles Woody’s confidence in his place in Andy’s affections. Pixar traces the room’s changing walls across the films: blue sky and white clouds, then stars, then the more subdued surroundings of a teenager. By the third film, Andy is preparing for college and the toys face an uncertain future. The name stays Andy as the room and its owner change. In English it is a familiar form of Andrew, or sometimes Andrea; the Andrew connection reaches Greek Andreas and the meaning "manly" or "masculine." That is the older linguistic history beside a very visual modern one: a birthday present, a changing set of walls, and a departure the toys cannot plan for.

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The formal names behind Andy

Andy is also an established short form of this name.

Andrea · Greek origin · brave (from Greek andreios, 'manly, courageous'); a feminine classic across the Spanish-speaking world and one of the Philippines' most beloved girls' names

How popular is Andy around the world?

In the United States, 4,030 babies were named Andy between 2020 and 2025. In Montevideo, 8 boys named Andy were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.

Andy is on the official records of the United States, Montevideo, Ireland, Canada, Chile, Mexico City, France, Scotland, South Australia, England and Wales, Argentina, Spain, Austria and Brazil.

Andy crosses languages: it is in the latest top 300 of an English-speaking birth record and of a Spanish-speaking one. The full list: English and Spanish

United States

1 in 5,400

In the United States, 4,030 babies were named Andy between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2000s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Andy peaked in the 2000s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure. Andy went to 1,103 US babies in 2015 and 555 in 2025, 50% of the earlier figure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Montevideo City

1 in 3,100 · 2011

In Montevideo, 8 boys named Andy were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.

1970peak 19962011

share of that year’s births on record

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Ireland

1 in 3,200

In Ireland, 17 boys named Andy were born in 2025, the 262nd most common name among boys that year.

1990peak 2022

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Canada

1 in 5,300

In Canada, 69 boys named Andy were born in 2024, the 450th most common name among boys that year.

1991peak 20002024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Chile

1 in 7,700

In Chile, 23 boys were registered as Andy in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

1950peak 2006

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Mexico City City

1 in 9,000

In Mexico City, there were 13 registrations of Andy in 2022.

2000peak 20082022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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France

1 in 11,000

In France, about 60 boys named Andy were born in 2025, the 703rd most common name among boys that year.

1960peak 19982025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Scotland

1 in 15,000

In Scotland, 3 boys named Andy were registered in 2024, the 727th most common name among boys that year.
The count never rose above 8 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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South Australia

1 in 18,000 · 2017

In South Australia, 1 boy was registered as Andy in 2017.

1944peak 2004

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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England and Wales

1 in 28,000

In England and Wales, 21 boys named Andy were born in 2025, ranked 1,307th among boys that year.

1996peak 20062025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Argentina

1 in 32,000

In Argentina, 21 newborns were given the name Andy in 2024.

peak 20142024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Spain

1 in 40,000

In Spain, 1,122 residents are named Andy, ranked 1,273rd among men, with a mean age of 21.9 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Austria

1 in 76,000

In Austria, 1 boy named Andy was born in 2025, ranked 1,842nd among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Brazil

1 in 250,000

At the 2022 census, 748 people in Brazil were named Andy, ranked 10,124th, with a median age of 20.
Among people named Andy living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.

1970speak 1990s2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 73 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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New Zealand

last on record 2020

Andy is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.

1980peak 19992025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Poland

last on record 2023

Andy is not on the 2025 record for Poland, where names given fewer than 2 times in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Puerto Rico

last on record 2014

Andy is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 156 babies have carried the name there since 1998.

1998peak 20062025

share of that year’s births on record

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Andy

Most people given the name Andy in the United States were born between 1960 and 2009. The Andy you meet today is most often in his 20s or 30s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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The meeting point

Manliness in Greek; bliss in Sanskrit.

Andrew · short for Andrew, Greek andreios, "manly"

Anand · the Indian names Anand (Sanskrit ānanda, "bliss") and Anindya are also sometimes shortened to Andy

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Where Andy travels

Vietnamese American · manly, masculine (short for Andrew); a common refugee-generation English name

Cantonese and Hong Kong · pet form of Andrew, "manly, masculine" (Greek Andreas); a borrowed English name in Hong Kong

Keep exploring

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