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Baby name
Andrew
Boy
Origin of the name
Andrew comes from the Greek Andreas, from anēr, andros, “man.” Saint Andrew, one of the twelve apostles, is the patron saint of Scotland.
Classic name
1,329,454births since 1880
1980sgeneration
No. 6rank at its peak, in 1987
Where babies named Andrew are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Andrew is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Andrew is most common in Delaware (1.6 times), Alaska (1.5) and New Hampshire (1.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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