Andrey
Masculine · “manly”
Andrey is given to both — 2,709 boys and 100 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Andrey is the Russian form of Andrew, and Andrew is Greek — built on the ordinary word for a man, and carried by the first of the apostles to be called.
How old is the name Andrey?
Andrey first appears in US birth records in 1950 — 75 years ago. The typical Andrey alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 2,600 people named Andrey are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Andrey most popular?
Andrey peaked in 2012, reaching #1588 nationally. Today it ranks #3379, 1,791 places below that high. See the whole 2012 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Andreas to Andrey
The story of Andrey
Andreas was a common Greek name and became one of the great Christian ones. The apostle's connection to Byzantium and later to Russia — where he is a patron saint — made Andrey one of the standard Russian men's names, and it has been among the most-used there for centuries. American records show it in the transliterations Andrey, Andrei and Andrej, depending on which convention the family or the clerk followed.
Meaning
manly, of a man
From Greek andreios, manly, built on andros, a man; the apostle Andrew is the brother of Peter and, by tradition, the founder of the church at Byzantium, which made him central to Orthodox naming.
How the name formed
- Andreas
- Andrey
Related forms: Андрей · Andrew · Andrea · Andrés
Pronouncing Andrey
an-DRAY
Two syllables with the stress on the second. English speakers often say AN-dray or AN-dree.
Nicknames for Andrey
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
- 1950
- Most boys named
- 201299 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1588reached in 2012
- Change vs 2024
- −33.3%34 in 2025, from 51
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.
Andrey in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Андрей in Russian — transliteration
- Andrew in English — same name
- Andrea in Italian — same name
- Andrés in Spanish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Florida, New York.
Andreys among us
people named Andrey are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 50,238 born in 2025 was named Andrey
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Andrey
- #3379
- Andrey on the 2025 chart
- #841
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Andrey went to 34 boys in 2025, but Andrei 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 — 2,538 places above the chart.
- Andrei53
- Andrey34
About 1 boy in 19,633 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 50,238 for Andrey 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 Bryn test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Andrey's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Bryn climbed just as high around 1986, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Bryn's path sketches the road Andrey is walking now.
Andrey 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 Andrey is headed
Andrey 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.
Andrey beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Andrey in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled Greek meaning and a record reaching back to the first century.
- Andrew stands beside it as a universally familiar English cousin.
- Andy is available immediately as an ordinary English short form.
- The stress falls on the second syllable in Russian and often on the first in English.
- Andrei, Andrey and Andrej are the same name and relatives may prefer different spellings.
- In Italian, Andrea is a man's name and in English a woman's, which occasionally causes confusion nearby.
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Frequently asked
- How many Andreys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,600 people named Andrey are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Andrey?
- Andrey is one of 2 recorded spellings. Andrei is the more common one — 53 births in 2025 against 34 for Andrey.
- How popular is the name Andrey in 2025?
- Andrey ranks #3379 among US boy names in 2025, with 34 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Andrey?
- About 1 in every 50,238 US boys born in 2025 was named Andrey — 34 in all.
- Will my child share the name Andrey with classmates?
- Andrey will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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