Andres
Andres or Andrés is a male given name. It can also be a surname. It is derived from the name Andreas.
- Estonian
- Spanish
- Icelandic
Meaning & Origin of Andres
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Andres or Andrés is a male given name. It can also be a surname. It is derived from the name Andreas.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Estonian
- Spanish
- Icelandic
The Story of Andres
Andres first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1880, with 14 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2007: 2,721 births, good for #152 nationwide. About 25% of every Andres on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Andres ranks #190 for baby boys with 1,855 births, gradually rising (+6%). All told, over 98K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Andres
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Andres. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Andrus
- Anti
Names that sound like Andres
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About the name Andres
Andres is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 98K births in the dataset. Andres's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #152. Use the chart and map above to compare Andres's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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