Andy: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced AN-dee · 2 syllables

Clipping of Andrew + -y.

How popular is Andy?

Andy was the #565 name in the US in 2025, given to 555 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 31% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2000.

Babies named Andy in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2000).

Half of US adults named Andy are older than 40; most are between 19 and 73. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Andy have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Andy is pronounced AN-dee.

Andy was the #565 name in the US in 2025, given to 555 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 31% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2000.

Half of US adults named Andy are older than 40. Most are between 19 and 73.