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Andres vs Ashton
#200 vs #197 in 2025
Ashton is a whisker ahead (#197 vs #200 in 2025), but the curves point different ways: Ashton is stepping back from its peak, Andres is holding its place on the charts. On momentum, Andres has the edge.
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The tale of the tape
The tape is even: Andres and Ashton 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: Andres #684, Ashton #790 — Andres higher
- 1890s: Andres #834, Ashton #936 — Andres higher
- 1900s: Andres #706, Ashton #1061 — Andres higher
- 1910s: Andres #749, Ashton #1337 — Andres higher
- 1920s: Andres #633, Ashton #1537 — Andres higher
- 1930s: Andres #632, Ashton #1621 — Andres higher
- 1940s: Andres #607, Ashton #1829 — Andres higher
- 1950s: Andres #580, Ashton #2076 — Andres higher
- 1960s: Andres #490, Ashton #2272 — Andres higher
- 1970s: Andres #359, Ashton #1651 — Andres higher
- 1980s: Andres #238, Ashton #709 — Andres higher
- 1990s: Andres #170, Ashton #331 — Andres higher
- 2000s: Andres #162, Ashton #144 — Ashton higher
- 2010s: Andres #209, Ashton #134 — Ashton higher
- 2020s: Andres #207, Ashton #162 — Ashton higher
Andres stood higher in 12 of 15 decades; Ashton has held the lead since the 2000s.
Rank by decade
| Decade | Andres | Ashton |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | #684 | #790 |
| 1890s | #834 | #936 |
| 1900s | #706 | #1061 |
| 1910s | #749 | #1337 |
| 1920s | #633 | #1537 |
| 1930s | #632 | #1621 |
| 1940s | #607 | #1829 |
| 1950s | #580 | #2076 |
| 1960s | #490 | #2272 |
| 1970s | #359 | #1651 |
| 1980s | #238 | #709 |
| 1990s | #170 | #331 |
| 2000s | #162 | #144 |
| 2010s | #209 | #134 |
| 2020s | #207 | #162 |
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
Andres
manly, of a man
From the Greek Andreas, built on anēr, andros — 'man'.
Andreas → Andreas (Latin) → Andrés → Andres
How it traveled
The root is Greek: Andreas, from andros, 'of a man'. It was already a common Greek name when one of the twelve apostles in the New Testament bore it, and Christian missionaries carried it across Europe, where each language reshaped it — Andrew in English, André in French, Andrzej in Polish, Andrés in Spanish.
Ashton
ash tree settlement, or ash tree enclosure
From Old English æsc, "ash tree", and tūn, "enclosure, farmstead, settlement" — the same tūn that ends hundreds of English place names.
æsc-tūn (Old English) → Ashton, Assheton (English place and surname) → Ashton (given name)
How it traveled
Ashton is a place before it is a person. Settlements named for the ash trees growing beside them dot England from Lancashire to Northamptonshire — Ashton-under-Lyne, near Manchester, is the best known of them — and medieval families took their surnames from those places, written Assheton and Asheton before the spelling settled.
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
Andres
ahn-DRESS
That is the Spanish stress, on the second syllable. In English-speaking settings many bearers accept AN-druss, with the weight up front. Both are in real use, and it is worth deciding early which one you will correct people toward.
- Andy — The most portable short form, shared with Andrew and Andrea; also used on its own as a given name.
- Andresito — Spanish diminutive, affectionate and family-level rather than public.
- Dre — Informal clipping heard mainly among younger speakers in the US.
- Nano — A familiar nickname used in parts of the Spanish-speaking world; household use only.
Ashton
ASH-tun
Two syllables, stress on the first. The same pronunciation holds in British and American English, and the spelling gives it away on sight.
- Ash — By far the most used short form, informal but widely accepted; also stands alone as a given name in its own right.
- Ashy — Family-and-friends level only; rarely survives past childhood.
- Tonny — An uncommon back-end shortening, heard occasionally within families rather than in general use.
Who has carried each name
Andres
No documented entry for Andres yet.
Ashton
Ashton Kutcher (b. 1978) — That '70s Show star turned tech investor
Source: Wikidata — the one source on this page that is not an official agency.
Is it right for you
The differences that decide it, laid out by what you want
Choose by what you want
Choose Andres if you want…
- a name on the way upup 19 places on the charts in five years
- a long American recordAndres was already in use when US records began in 1880
- a name that ages quietlyan estimated 25% chance of feeling dated by 2040, against 70% for Ashton
Choose Ashton if you want…
- a name past its most crowded yearsAshton is stepping back from its peak
- a newer arrivalAshton entered the US charts in 1881
- a name that feels very nowAshton is stepping back from its peak
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
Andres
Strengths
- Recognized in dozens of languages through its close relatives — Andrew, André, Andreas — so it travels without translation.
- Spelled the way it sounds, and short enough to fit any form field.
- Comes with a ready-made short form in Andy, in continuous use for centuries.
To consider
- The Spanish spelling carries an accent: Andrés. Dropping it, as US records do, is entirely normal, but you may find yourself choosing between the two versions on documents, and family may restore it in speech.
- Two pronunciations circulate, ahn-DRESS and AN-druss, so your son will likely hear both and learn to answer to either.
- It sits close to Andrew, André and Andreas, and people who know one will sometimes reach for the wrong one on a first meeting.
Ashton
Strengths
- Spells itself: almost everyone who hears Ashton writes it correctly, since the English places and the surname have fixed the spelling for centuries.
- Comes with Ash ready-made — a genuine one-syllable short form that also works as a full name on its own.
- A long, unbroken written record as a place name and family name, so it is not a coinage that could date to a single moment.
To consider
- The variant spellings Ashten, Ashtyn and Ashtin exist, so an occasional "which spelling?" is likely even though Ashton is the standard one.
- One actor has been the public face of the name for American audiences for two decades, and some people will make that association out loud.
- Ashton is given to girls as well as boys in the US, though far less often. For a daughter, expect the name to be assumed male on paper more than not.
Documented properties of each name — how it spells, travels and shortens — not opinions about the child.
How each is likely to age
Andres
25%chance Andres feels dated by 2040
Andres peaked long ago yet still holds steady — names that survive their own wave usually settle into quiet, durable classics.
Ashton
70%chance Ashton feels dated by 2040
Ashton is coming down from a big peak (#76 in 2004). This is the stretch of the cycle where a name starts to sound like the decade it ruled.
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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Andres or Ashton — the short answers
- Which is more popular, Andres or Ashton?
- Ashton, in 2025: Ashton ranked #197 with 1,801 babies; Andres ranked #200 with 1,744 babies.
- Which name is rising faster, Andres or Ashton?
- Andres. Over the last five years Andres moved up 19 places; Ashton moved down 61 places.
- Which is the older name, Andres or Ashton?
- Andres was already in use when US records began in 1880; Ashton entered the US charts in 1881. On the American record, Andres is the older name.
- How many people are named Andres and Ashton?
- About 90,500 people named Andres are estimated to be alive in the US today. About 86,500 people named Ashton are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- Will there be other Andress or Ashtons in the classroom?
- Andres will almost certainly be the only one in school. Ashton 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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