Andra
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to girls 68.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1959 · 180 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,572since 1917
Andra over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,362 | 12 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 | — | |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | — | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #7,025 | 16 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,409 | 15 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #5,045 | 26 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #6,401 | 19 | #8,146 | 9 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 | #6,256 | 13 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,955 | 23 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #5,377 | 26 | #5,901 | 14 |
| 2006 | #3,992 | 37 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #3,052 | 52 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | #3,989 | 35 | #4,793 | 17 |
| 2003 | #3,532 | 40 | #4,815 | 16 |
| 2002 | #4,280 | 29 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #3,940 | 32 | #5,142 | 14 |
| 2000 | #3,020 | 46 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #3,313 | 38 | #4,762 | 14 |
| 1998 | #3,831 | 30 | #4,413 | 15 |
| 1997 | #3,365 | 34 | #4,246 | 15 |
| 1996 | #3,237 | 36 | #4,396 | 14 |
| 1995 | #3,780 | 28 | #3,854 | 16 |
| 1994 | #2,541 | 49 | #3,751 | 17 |
| 1993 | #2,600 | 47 | #2,509 | 29 |
| 1992 | #2,239 | 59 | #2,670 | 26 |
| 1991 | #2,790 | 42 | #2,606 | 26 |
| 1990 | #2,234 | 57 | #2,308 | 30 |
| 1989 | #1,981 | 64 | #1,858 | 40 |
| 1988 | #1,934 | 63 | #1,849 | 36 |
| 1987 | #1,662 | 73 | #2,215 | 26 |
| 1986 | #1,552 | 78 | #1,873 | 32 |
| 1985 | #1,562 | 77 | #1,614 | 39 |
| 1984 | #1,350 | 89 | #1,280 | 52 |
| 1983 | #1,303 | 93 | #1,534 | 39 |
| 1982 | #1,357 | 91 | #1,415 | 45 |
| 1981 | #1,181 | 112 | #1,246 | 54 |
| 1980 | #1,363 | 92 | #1,291 | 52 |
| 1979 | #1,288 | 98 | #1,177 | 59 |
| 1978 | #1,275 | 96 | #1,299 | 48 |
| 1977 | #1,331 | 86 | #1,158 | 57 |
| 1976 | #1,216 | 93 | #1,019 | 66 |
| 1975 | #1,309 | 84 | #911 | 81 |
| 1974 | #1,143 | 101 | #953 | 73 |
| 1973 | #1,374 | 72 | #987 | 67 |
| 1972 | #904 | 138 | #921 | 75 |
| 1971 | #980 | 129 | #859 | 90 |
| 1970 | #961 | 132 | #910 | 77 |
| 1969 | #786 | 170 | #920 | 68 |
| 1968 | #883 | 136 | #794 | 87 |
| 1967 | #811 | 151 | #763 | 92 |
| 1966 | #879 | 130 | #740 | 99 |
| 1965 | #1,187 | 82 | #815 | 82 |
| 1964 | #1,103 | 98 | #823 | 84 |
| 1963 | #1,126 | 94 | #863 | 76 |
| 1962 | #1,090 | 99 | #917 | 68 |
| 1961 | #1,036 | 111 | #1,013 | 59 |
| 1960 | #822 | 161 | #897 | 71 |
| 1959 | #757 | 180 | #975 | 62 |
| 1958 | #1,003 | 107 | #1,131 | 46 |
| 1957 | #1,427 | 55 | #1,165 | 44 |
| 1956 | #1,204 | 75 | #1,443 | 29 |
| 1955 | #1,253 | 65 | #1,458 | 28 |
| 1954 | #1,220 | 67 | #1,496 | 26 |
| 1953 | #1,213 | 63 | #1,480 | 26 |
| 1952 | #1,028 | 83 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | #1,160 | 65 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,153 | 64 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #1,005 | 80 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #1,070 | 68 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | #1,012 | 76 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #1,023 | 68 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,032 | 56 | — | |
| 1944 | #855 | 79 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,022 | 61 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,438 | 32 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,310 | 34 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,682 | 22 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,544 | 24 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | — | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | — | |
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| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | — | |
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| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | — | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | — | |
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| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Andra! It came in at #4,083, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1921, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Andra
- 768 spots since 2024 (#7,594 → #8,362)
- 1,888 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #8,362)
- 1,786 spots since 2015 (#10,148 → #8,362)
- Biggest jump: 308 spots in 1966 (#1,187 → #879)
- Biggest drop: 470 spots in 1973 (#904 → #1,374)
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1959 at #757 (180 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1966–1972
- Highest: 1 in 9,924 girls born in 1969 were named Andra (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #757 in 1959, was only 1 in 11,241 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.1% of all girls named Andra (1,232) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #4,083 (1917) | #4,083 |
| 1920s | 11 | #4,445 (1922) | #4,772 |
| 1930s | 97 | #1,544 (1939) | #2,952 |
| 1940s | 576 | #855 (1944) | #1,145 |
| 1950s | 824 | #757 (1959) | #1,142 |
| 1960s | 1,232 | #786 (1969) | #972 |
| 1970s | 1,029 | #904 (1972) | #1,178 |
| 1980s | 832 | #1,181 (1981) | #1,525 |
| 1990s | 420 | #2,234 (1990) | #2,993 |
| 2000s | 332 | #3,020 (2000) | #4,652 |
| 2010s | 152 | #5,045 (2017) | #8,064 |
| 2020s | 61 | #7,594 (2024) | #9,675 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Andra in 1950
Top girls' names in 1950
Top boys' names in 1950
More about 1950
girls
1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 26,766 of them was named Andra, which outranked 81.1% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,145Leatrice65
- #1,145Lina65
- #1,145Tena65
- #1,153Andra64
- #1,153Adelaide64
- #1,153Bobbi64
- #1,153Johnny64
- #1,161Aletha63
- #1,161Antionette63
- #1,161Christene63
Tied with 7 names at #1,153; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 298,377 of them was named Andra, which outranked 20.7% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,021Yvonne7
- #3,021Zackery7
- #3,021Zigmund7
- #3,329Andra6
- #3,329Acey6
- #3,329Albertus6
- #3,329Alphonsus6
- #3,681Abby5
- #3,681Abron5
- #3,681Achille5
Tied with 351 names at #3,329; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.