Head to head · Boys' names
Andre vs Miller
#368 vs #369 in 2025
Andre is a whisker ahead (#368 vs #369 in 2025), but the curves point different ways: Andre is stepping back from its peak, Miller is climbing the charts fast. On momentum, Miller has the edge.
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The tale of the tape
On the charts, Andre leads 4 measures of 6; Miller leads 1.
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, Miller #638 — Miller higher
- 1890s: Andre #991, Miller #694 — Miller higher
- 1900s: Andre #943, Miller #655 — Miller higher
- 1910s: Andre #1240, Miller #707 — Miller higher
- 1920s: Andre #921, Miller #785 — Miller higher
- 1930s: Andre #656, Miller #902 — Andre higher
- 1940s: Andre #491, Miller #1084 — Andre higher
- 1950s: Andre #284, Miller #1196 — Andre higher
- 1960s: Andre #166, Miller #1538 — Andre higher
- 1970s: Andre #131, Miller #2015 — Andre higher
- 1980s: Andre #130, Miller #2528 — Andre higher
- 1990s: Andre #161, Miller #1821 — Andre higher
- 2000s: Andre #209, Miller #1340 — Andre higher
- 2010s: Andre #263, Miller #898 — Andre higher
- 2020s: Andre #316, Miller #538 — Andre higher
Andre stood higher in 10 of 15 decades; Andre has held the lead since the 1930s.
Rank by decade
| Decade | Andre | Miller |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | #809 | #638 |
| 1890s | #991 | #694 |
| 1900s | #943 | #655 |
| 1910s | #1240 | #707 |
| 1920s | #921 | #785 |
| 1930s | #656 | #902 |
| 1940s | #491 | #1084 |
| 1950s | #284 | #1196 |
| 1960s | #166 | #1538 |
| 1970s | #131 | #2015 |
| 1980s | #130 | #2528 |
| 1990s | #161 | #1821 |
| 2000s | #209 | #1340 |
| 2010s | #263 | #898 |
| 2020s | #316 | #538 |
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.
Miller
one who grinds grain — a mill worker
From Middle English millere, from the mill itself (Old English mylen, borrowed from Latin molina).
mylen (Old English, 'mill') → millere (Middle English) → Miller
How it traveled
Miller began as an occupational surname in medieval England and Scotland, given to the man who ran the mill — one of the few pieces of heavy machinery a village possessed, and one of its busiest social centers. It grew into one of the most widespread surnames in the English-speaking world, swelled further in America when German-speaking families arriving in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries translated Müller into its English twin.
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.
Miller
MIL-er
Two syllables, stress on the first, identical to the English word miller. No ambiguity in American English.
- Millie — Informal; also a long-established given name in its own right, and the short form most likely to be reached for if Miller is a girl.
- Mills — Informal, surname-style; common among friends and teammates rather than family.
- Mill — Short and informal, mostly within the family.
- Milly — Spelling variant of Millie, used informally.
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
Choose Miller if you want…
- a name on the way upup 329 places on the charts in five years
- plenty of nickname options4 recorded short forms — Millie, Mills and Mill
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.
Miller
Strengths
- A spelling nearly every American already knows from the surname, so it rarely needs to be repeated or corrected.
- One clear pronunciation, with no competing versions to head off.
- Carries a ready-made short form in Millie, plus the informal Mills.
To consider
- It is a very common last name, so forms, roll calls and email systems will sometimes read it as a surname in the wrong column — and a classmate may well have it as theirs.
- Miller is also a large American beer brand, an association strong enough that adults will occasionally make the joke.
- The name leans to boys without settling there. A girl named Miller will be in the smaller group, and Millie may pull her toward a more traditionally feminine everyday name.
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.
Miller
57%chance Miller feels dated by 2040
Miller 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 Miller — the short answers
- Which is more popular, Andre or Miller?
- Andre, in 2025: Andre ranked #368 with 868 babies; Miller ranked #369 with 864 babies.
- Which name is rising faster, Andre or Miller?
- Miller. Over the last five years Andre moved down 86 places; Miller moved up 329 places.
- Which is the older name, Andre or Miller?
- The US record cannot say: both were already in use when it began in 1880.
- How many people are named Andre and Miller?
- About 119,000 people named Andre are estimated to be alive in the US today. About 8,700 people named Miller are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- Will there be other Andres or Millers in the classroom?
- Andre will almost certainly be the only one in school. Miller 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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