Andrea

#235 for girls in 2025, 1,317 births · #5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births
Given to girls 98.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1978 · 10,461 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
51 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
445,419
since 1881

Andrea over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #23, 1978girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2351,317#5,60816
2024#1851,628#5,06719
2023#1731,676#5,92715
2022#1551,859#4,70121
2021#1741,696#5,11018
2020#1491,819#4,14124
2019#1411,991#6,10414
2018#1342,168#4,09425
2017#1282,324#3,58630
2016#1282,480#5,31817
2015#1172,710#7,06611
2014#1252,563#4,86619
2013#1122,817#6,24113
2012#1003,054#5,03518
2011#823,512#4,65920
2010#803,569#5,04718
2009#734,064#4,92219
2008#724,263#3,56130
2007#604,798#4,37522
2006#595,006#2,83240
2005#654,672#2,52844
2004#575,056#2,16454
2003#604,982#2,62038
2002#555,118#2,75534
2001#495,745#2,48939
2000#555,479#1,96852
1999#595,072#1,85853
1998#615,133#1,87152
1997#585,405#2,12641
1996#615,671#1,76452
1995#556,008#1,54961
1994#496,482#1,47764
1993#447,242#1,53959
1992#398,024#1,26280
1991#397,995#1,15591
1990#408,214#1,13590
1989#398,410#884130
1988#358,392#1,02392
1987#368,496#861117
1986#368,639#785133
1985#3310,053#805121
1984#2810,350#796120
1983#3010,413#800120
1982#2711,374#762133
1981#2411,686#694154
1980#2810,450#718147
1979#2610,336#740136
1978#2310,461#677152
1977#249,782#671159
1976#258,352#601183
1975#288,042#612177
1974#357,472#641158
1973#307,766#658147
1972#308,022#678140
1971#358,483#668153
1970#437,708#695142
1969#487,201#709121
1968#487,089#638141
1967#487,418#644134
1966#527,144#630138
1965#636,080#684118
1964#775,388#77495
1963#895,013#76699
1962#994,540#77995
1961#1104,320#95065
1960#1154,213#83781
1959#1233,752#83782
1958#1353,243#94465
1957#1303,372#92567
1956#1273,398#94662
1955#1392,762#1,37031
1954#1362,723#1,49626
1953#1312,720#1,55124
1952#1322,770#1,80418
1951#1362,444#1,51924
1950#1412,196#1,87916
1949#1442,142#2,12313
1948#1282,366#1,81717
1947#1262,509#1,98815
1946#1252,301#2,27111
1945#1261,934#1,69716
1944#1282,026#1,89014
1943#1691,419#2,18212
1942#214935#2,14512
1941#240721#2,4919
1940#239708#2,8717
1939#246648#1,48920
1938#303428#2,8687
1937#487181#2,9057
1936#527151#2,4529
1935#554133#2,9517
1934#561131#3,2776
1933#507158#2,7388
1932#593123#2,19112
1931#71788#3,0957
1930#568143#2,60910
1929#678107#2,9808
1928#679106#2,65910
1927#687111#2,19314
1926#631129#4,2015
1925#593148#2,75510
1924#649133#2,22914
1923#75293#2,77210
1922#694111#3,0149
1921#717104#2,63211
1920#702107#2,9679
1919#72892#2,66510
1918#77785#2,54311
1917#84166#2,18813
1916#87760#2,7309
1915#79169#2,45810
1914#74759#1,77213
1913#67858#2,0928
1912#86833#2,0457
1911#87524
1910#83127
1909#77327
1908#70930
1907#79022
1906#1,00214
1905#1,16211
1904#77321
1903#93114
1902#75621
1901#96112
1900#1,05313
1899#81416
1898#84016
1897#98211
1896#75418
1895#93212
1894#78215
1893#82613
1892#72616
1891#1,0068
1890#1,2106
1889#83910
1888#1,0367
1887#9377
1886#7789
1885#9216
1884#8517
1883
1882
1881#8305
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Andrea! It came in at #830, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1883, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Andrea
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 50 spots since 2024 (#185#235)
  • 86 spots since 2020 (#149#235)
  • 118 spots since 2015 (#117#235)
  • Biggest jump: 280 spots in 1892 (#1,006#726)
  • Biggest drop: 389 spots in 1905 (#773#1,162)
Rise & fade · girls
97 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1978 at #23 (10,461 births)
  • Births halved by 1998, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 51 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 51 yrs · run 1962–2012
  • Top 1,000: 137 yrs · run 1907–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 143
  • Highest: 1 in 143 girls born in 1981 were named Andrea (0.70%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,220 girls born in 2025 (0.08%)
  • Its best rank, #23 in 1978, was only 1 in 146 (0.68%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 22.1% of all girls named Andrea (98,263) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s51#778 (1886)#885
1890s131#726 (1892)#887
1900s185#709 (1908)#891
1910s573#678 (1913)#801
1920s1,149#593 (1925)#678
1930s2,184#246 (1939)#506
1940s17,061#125 (1946)#164
1950s29,380#123 (1959)#133
1960s58,406#48 (1967)#75
1970s86,424#23 (1978)#30
1980s98,263#24 (1981)#32
1990s65,246#39 (1992)#51
2000s49,183#49 (2001)#61
2010s27,188#80 (2010)#115
2020s9,995#149 (2020)#179

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.

Andrea in 1927

girls
#687
111 births · 1 in 10,743 girls
boys
#2,193
14 births · 1 in 80,494 boys

Top girls' names in 1927

  1. #1Mary70,642
  2. #2Dorothy35,993
  3. #3Betty35,424
  4. #4Helen25,316
  5. #5Margaret21,964
  6. #6Ruth19,412
  7. #7Doris16,512
  8. #8Virginia15,734
  9. #9Shirley13,314
  10. #10Barbara13,161
  11. #687Andrea111

Top boys' names in 1927

  1. #1Robert61,674
  2. #2John55,949
  3. #3James53,674
  4. #4William51,476
  5. #5Charles31,941
  6. #6Richard26,768
  7. #7George25,949
  8. #8Donald23,834
  9. #9Joseph23,503
  10. #10Edward19,115
  11. #2,193Andrea14
More about 1927

girls

1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 10,743 of them was named Andrea, which outranked 87.7% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Andrea
  1. #683Ivy112
  2. #683Madonna112
  3. #683Magdalena112
  4. #687Andrea111
  5. #687Cassie111
  6. #687Dorcas111
  7. #687Elisa111
  8. #693Annabell110
  9. #693Easter110
  10. #693Maud110

Tied with 5 names at #687; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. 2,708Charmaine#3,564#856
  2. 1,519Kazuko#2,474#955
  3. 1,152Valencia#2,076#924
  4. 551Cherie#1,414#863
  5. 452Lita#1,148#696
Fallers
  1. 349Janell#748#1,097
  2. 330Sabina#931#1,261
  3. 319Clarine#942#1,261
  4. 298Shirlie#980#1,278
  5. 291Delilah#836#1,127

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 80,494 of them was named Andrea, which outranked 54.3% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Andrea
  1. #2,121Waymond15
  2. #2,121Weyman15
  3. #2,121Yoshito15
  4. #2,193Andrea14
  5. #2,193Abbott14
  6. #2,193Abelino14
  7. #2,193Adron14
  8. #2,298Adolphe13
  9. #2,298Alvino13
  10. #2,298Anne13

Tied with 104 names at #2,193; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. 1,863Lindbergh#2,436#573
  2. 966Lindy#1,353#387
  3. 601Sonny#1,565#964
  4. 467Akira#1,404#937
  5. 442Maria#1,432#990
Fallers
  1. 684Minoru#963#1,647
  2. 611Reno#825#1,436
  3. 406Hurley#916#1,322
  4. 356Adelbert#842#1,198
  5. 330Gardner#963#1,293

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1927