Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Andy

Gender

Male

Origin

French
Manly: brave. Variant of English Andrew.
English
Manly, brave; variant of Andrew
Portuguese

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Andy

Pronunciation

a-ndy, an-dy

Celebrity Babies

Son of Larry King

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2005 (rank #201, 1,918 births); most recent 2025 (rank #565, 524 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #3607, 42 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4460, 31 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202552431
202462832
202360436
202268838
202163728
202075624
201983842
201888235
201788132
20161,06026

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2006 (rank #536, 55 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1310, 21 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202521
202426
202334
202233
202137
202042
201937
201844
201737
201634

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1998 (rank #146, 448 births); most recent 2023 (rank #485, 96 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2001 (rank #1995, 10 births); most recent 2023 (rank #5176, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023963
20221015
20211206
20201414
20191483
2018155–
2017173–
20161995
2015200–
2014217–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2013 (rank #257, 20 births); most recent 2025 (rank #255, 17 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
202517
202411
202312
202218
202115
202016
201915
201817
201716
201615

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2017 (rank #406, 8 births); most recent 2025 (rank #762, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
20253
20243
20236
2022–
20213
20203
20195
20183
20178
20166

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2004 (rank #264, 4 births); most recent 2019 (rank #418, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
20193
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2000 (rank #144, 24 births); most recent 2021 (rank #554, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
20216
202011
20199
20188
20179
201614
201518
201420

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence