Andreas

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Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Origin: Greek

Meaning

Andreas is a name derived from the Greek noun ἀνήρ anēr, with genitive ἀνδρός andros, which means "man". See the article on Andrew for more information. The Scandinavian name is earliest attested as antreos in a runestone from the 12th century.

From Wikipedia

Andreas first appears in the data in 1913 and has been recorded in 95 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2006 with 221 babies (rank #889 that year). In 2024 it was given to 195 boys (rank #1,098). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Andreas

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Andreas yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

8,521
Total babies (all years)
95
Years in the data
221
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19136#2,511
19145#3,278
19157#3,094
19167#3,189
19178#2,963
19188#3,112
19207#3,503
19227#3,545
192411#2,650
19258#3,163
19286#3,714
19325#3,800
19335#3,664
19389#2,486
19397#2,842
19406#3,147
19435#3,562
19476#3,383
19488#2,794
19497#3,037
195014#2,025
19515#3,728
195211#2,378
195313#2,189
195411#2,456
195514#2,145
195610#2,631
195720#1,793
195824#1,594
195928#1,502
196035#1,341
196138#1,280
196247#1,121
196371#887
196482#840
196569#881
1966101#734
196782#802
196863#911
196983#842
197086#869
197186#877
197280#894
197380#893
197473#953
197576#938
197669#999
197772#1,012
197856#1,186
197982#976
1980102#888
198198#899
198289#950
198395#906
198492#917
198594#939
1986110#866
1987131#813
1988118#875
1989139#853
1990131#898
1991130#930
1992134#914
1993142#901
1994145#906
1995153#883
1996145#908
1997158#878
1998160#900
1999169#890
2000159#958
2001164#944
2002147#1,044
2003211#829
2004171#977
2005206#885
2006221#889
2007203#969
2008205#973
2009171#1,085
2010180#1,068
2011151#1,173
2012151#1,191
2013131#1,315
2014132#1,322
2015143#1,259
2016165#1,159
2017151#1,213
2018139#1,305
2019171#1,136
2020163#1,178
2021159#1,214
2022155#1,253
2023174#1,175
2024195#1,098