boys:
3k births since 1948
#2301 (50th percentile)
overall:
3k births since 1948
#4971 (36th percentile)
The name Andrei is the #4,971 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,977 recorded births since 1948. This represents the 35.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 35.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,301 (49.8% percentile) for all time with 2,977 births since 1948.
Andrei first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1948 (first recorded for boys in 1948). Birth data for Andrei is available in 74 out of the 76 years between 1948 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Andrei reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 13.0% percentile (ranked #761) with 54 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 54 births per million (ranked 13.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Andrei ranks #856 for boys (6.0% percentile) with 33 births per million, which is 60.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Andrei".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Andrei", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 21 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Andre" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Andre..
Our model has identified 9 different pronunciations for the name Andrei. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 29.0% confident that Andrei is pronounced as AHN-dray, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AHN-dree, at 14.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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