Head to head · Boys' names
Andre vs Kyaire
#368 vs #367 in 2025
Kyaire is a whisker ahead (#367 vs #368 in 2025), but the curves point different ways: Kyaire is climbing the charts fast, Andre is stepping back from its peak.
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The tale of the tape
The tape is even: Andre and Kyaire each lead 3 measures of 6.
Ranks, counts and years are measured in the official US birth record; the classroom and living figures are estimates computed from it. The dot marks the side each measure favours on the charts — more common, not better.
What the records say
146 years of US births, drawn on one scale
Two curves, one scale
Who owned which decade
- 1880s: Andre #809, Kyaire — — Andre higher
- 1890s: Andre #991, Kyaire — — Andre higher
- 1900s: Andre #943, Kyaire — — Andre higher
- 1910s: Andre #1240, Kyaire — — Andre higher
- 1920s: Andre #921, Kyaire — — Andre higher
- 1930s: Andre #656, Kyaire — — Andre higher
- 1940s: Andre #491, Kyaire — — Andre higher
- 1950s: Andre #284, Kyaire — — Andre higher
- 1960s: Andre #166, Kyaire — — Andre higher
- 1970s: Andre #131, Kyaire — — Andre higher
- 1980s: Andre #130, Kyaire — — Andre higher
- 1990s: Andre #161, Kyaire #8704 — Andre higher
- 2000s: Andre #209, Kyaire #6407 — Andre higher
- 2010s: Andre #263, Kyaire #3437 — Andre higher
- 2020s: Andre #316, Kyaire #966 — Andre higher
Andre stood higher in every recorded decade — 15 of 15.
Rank by decade
| Decade | Andre | Kyaire |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | #809 | — |
| 1890s | #991 | — |
| 1900s | #943 | — |
| 1910s | #1240 | — |
| 1920s | #921 | — |
| 1930s | #656 | — |
| 1940s | #491 | — |
| 1950s | #284 | — |
| 1960s | #166 | — |
| 1970s | #131 | — |
| 1980s | #130 | — |
| 1990s | #161 | #8704 |
| 2000s | #209 | #6407 |
| 2010s | #263 | #3437 |
| 2020s | #316 | #966 |
Average national rank across each decade. A dash means the name sat outside the recorded top of that decade.
The names themselves
Meaning, roots, sound and the people who carried each
Where each name comes from
Andre
of a man; manly
Greek, built on the word for a man in the sense of an adult male rather than a person. The name belonged to a fisherman from Galilee whose Greek name in a Jewish family is itself worth noticing.
Andreas → André → Andre
How it traveled
The Orthodox churches give him a title the western church does not use: the First-Called. The gospel account has him following first and then going to fetch his brother, which makes the more famous of the two a second arrival, and the eastern tradition has never let that detail go.
Kyaire
Not established
No meaning is established for Kyaire, and no source language has been documented for it. What is on record is American and recent: it appears in US birth records in the last years of the twentieth century and has been climbing since, concentrated in Ohio, Michigan and Georgia. It shares its shape with a family of contemporary Ky- names, but sharing a shape is not the same as sharing a root, and nobody has traced one.
Our story of Kyaire — where the record runs out
Every name has to start somewhere, and Kyaire started in American maternity wards, in a stretch of years when parents were building names the way musicians build riffs — a familiar opening, an unexpected landing. The Ky- beginning was already everywhere; the -aire ending gave it air, the same open vowel that carries Zaire and the sung Kyrie.
Where a reading is contested the note says so — this page does not turn a guess into a fact. The chain is each name's recorded forms, oldest first; the story is its opening, told in full on the name's own page.
Out loud, and in short
Andre
AHN-dray
Two syllables. French puts the weight at the back and closes the first vowel; American English often fronts the stress instead, and both are widely heard.
- Dre — The stressed syllable alone; current, brisk and completely established.
- Andy — Borrowed from the English form of the name; plainer and rather older.
Kyaire
kye-AIR
Two syllables, with the weight on the second. Some families say it KYE-air, front-stressed, and both are heard — a name this new has no single official reading, so whichever you use will be the one people learn from you.
- Ky — The most natural short form; already in informal use for other Ky- names, and stands alone as a given name for some.
- Kye — The same sound with a fuller spelling, which some families prefer in writing; also used independently as a name.
Is it right for you
The differences that decide it, laid out by what you want
Choose by what you want
Choose Andre if you want…
- a name past its most crowded yearsAndre is stepping back from its peak
- a long American recordAndre was already in use when US records began in 1880
- a name that ages quietlyan estimated 40% chance of feeling dated by 2040, against 64% for Kyaire
Choose Kyaire if you want…
- a name on the way upup 1,072 places on the charts in five years
- a newer arrivalKyaire entered the US charts in 1999
- a name that feels very nowKyaire is climbing the charts fast
Each line is a measured difference between the two names — a rank, a count, a recorded form — never a judgement of either. Save the one that answers your question; it lands on your shortlist.
The trade-offs, name by name
Andre
Strengths
- It travels: close forms exist across Europe and are recognized everywhere.
- Dre is a short form that sounds entirely current and needs no explaining.
- The name has been in continuous American use for the whole length of the record.
To consider
- The stress is genuinely unsettled between the French and American readings.
- The accent that would fix it is stripped by most American forms and systems.
- The record holds girls as well, and the girl is much the smaller side.
Kyaire
Strengths
- Two short syllables and a clear ending, easy to say once heard, with the stress the only thing that varies.
- Fits patterns American ears already recognize: the Ky- opening of Kyle and Kyree, the -aire ending of Zaire.
- Ready-made short forms in Ky and Kye, both already in ordinary informal use.
To consider
- The spelling will need repeating. Kyair, Kyare, Kyaire and Kyre all sound alike aloud, so expect a lifetime of gentle corrections on forms and in email.
- There is no settled stress pattern yet — kye-AIR and KYE-air are both out there. Decide early which one your family uses, because teachers and coaches will follow your lead.
- No documented meaning exists behind it. If a written-down origin story is something you want to hand over one day, this name will not supply one; the story will be yours to tell.
Documented properties of each name — how it spells, travels and shortens — not opinions about the child.
How each is likely to age
Andre
40%chance Andre feels dated by 2040
Andre sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
Kyaire
64%chance Kyaire feels dated by 2040
Kyaire is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A reading of where each name sits on the long naming cycle — computed, not measured, and explained on the data page.
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Andre or Kyaire — the short answers
- Which is more popular, Andre or Kyaire?
- Kyaire, in 2025: Kyaire ranked #367 with 878 babies; Andre ranked #368 with 868 babies.
- Which name is rising faster, Andre or Kyaire?
- Kyaire. Over the last five years Andre moved down 86 places; Kyaire moved up 1,072 places.
- Which is the older name, Andre or Kyaire?
- Andre was already in use when US records began in 1880; Kyaire entered the US charts in 1999. On the American record, Andre is the older name.
- How many people are named Andre and Kyaire?
- About 119,000 people named Andre are estimated to be alive in the US today. About 2,500 people named Kyaire are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- Will there be other Andres or Kyaires in the classroom?
- Andre will almost certainly be the only one in school. Kyaire will almost certainly be the only one in school.
US figures from the Social Security Administration, 1880–2025. Votes are battle voters on this site, not the birth record. Data & methodology
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