Andrei
Masculine · “manly”
Andrei is the Russian and Romanian of Andrew — manly, in Greek, from aner, a man.
How old is the name Andrei?
Andrei first appears in US birth records in 1948 — 77 years ago. The typical Andrei alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 3,000 people named Andrei are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Andrei most popular?
Andrei peaked in 2006, reaching #1360 nationally. Today it ranks #2516, 1,156 places below that high. See the whole 2006 chart.
Where it comes from
From aner to Andrei
The story of Andrei
Andrew was the first disciple called and is the patron saint of Russia as well as Scotland and Greece; Russian tradition has him preach on the site of Kyiv. Andrei Rublev painted the Trinity icon. It appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
manly, of a man
From the Greek Andreas, from andreios, 'manly', from aner, andros, 'man'. The same root gives android and misandry. Andrei is the Russian and Romanian form. The Greek is documented and the reading undisputed.
How the name formed
- aner
- Andreas
- Andrei
Related forms: Андрей · Andrei · Andrew
Pronouncing Andrei
ahn-DRAY
Two syllables, stress on the second. Romanian says AHN-drei with the stress at the front.
Nicknames for Andrei
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1948
- Most boys named
- 2008112 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1360reached in 2006
- Change vs 2023
- −11.7%53 in 2025, from 60
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Andrei in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Андрей in Russian — transliteration
- Andrei in Romanian — same name
- Andrew in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Andreis among us
people named Andrei are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 32,228 born in 2025 was named Andrei
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Andrei
- #2516
- Andrei on the 2025 chart
- #841
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Andrei went to 53 boys in 2025, but Andrey is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 87, which makes it the 841st most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,675 places above the chart.
- Andrei53
- Andrey34
About 1 boy in 19,633 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 32,228 for Andrei itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Burnis test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Andrei's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Burnis climbed just as high around 1925, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Burnis's path sketches the road Andrei is walking now.
Andrei 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.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Andrei is headed
Andrei should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Andrei beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Andrei in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That android shares the root is a genuinely good connection.
- Rublev's Trinity icon is a first-rate association.
- Andy is available as an English short form with a large record.
- Russian and Romanian stress it differently.
- Andrew is what English speakers will substitute.
- It reads as specifically Eastern European.
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Frequently asked
- How many Andreis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,000 people named Andrei are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Andrei?
- Andrei is the most-used spelling in US records — 53 of the 87 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Andrey.
- How popular is the name Andrei in 2025?
- Andrei ranks #2516 among US boy names in 2025, with 53 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Andrei?
- About 1 in every 32,228 US boys born in 2025 was named Andrei — 53 in all.
- Will my child share the name Andrei with classmates?
- Andrei will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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