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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201949peak #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.

Where Andrea is popular in 1949

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Andrea, so not publishedAKMaine: #103 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 435 girlsMEVermont: #92 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 441 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #105 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 497 girlsNHWashington: #135 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 698 girlsWAIdaho: #218 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,226 girlsIDMontana: #149 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 676 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Andrea, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #133 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 774 girlsMNIllinois: #133 for girls · 116 births · 1 in 740 girlsILWisconsin: #172 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,420 girlsWIMichigan: #128 for girls · 105 births · 1 in 673 girlsMINew York: #84 for girls · 393 births · 1 in 361 girlsNYMassachusetts: #85 for girls · 107 births · 1 in 418 girlsMARhode Island: #91 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 404 girlsRIOregon: #155 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 835 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Andrea, so not publishedNVWyoming: #96 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 364 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #186 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,174 girlsSDIowa: #169 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,186 girlsIAIndiana: #145 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 894 girlsINOhio: #160 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 1,032 girlsOHPennsylvania: #106 for girls · 201 births · 1 in 511 girlsPANew Jersey: #94 for girls · 100 births · 1 in 425 girlsNJConnecticut: #99 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 467 girlsCTCalifornia: #122 for girls · 196 births · 1 in 578 girlsCAUtah: #153 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 686 girlsUTColorado: #138 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 648 girlsCONebraska: #152 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,034 girlsNEMissouri: #165 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,211 girlsMOKentucky: #202 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,419 girlsKYWest Virginia: #188 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,255 girlsWVVirginia: #239 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,702 girlsVAMaryland: #157 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 898 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Andrea, so not publishedDEArizona: #214 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 990 girlsAZNew Mexico: #163 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 619 girlsNMKansas: #173 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,123 girlsKSArkansas: #292 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,031 girlsARTennessee: #191 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,256 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #297 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,336 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #256 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,545 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #111 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 500 girlsDCOklahoma: #189 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,195 girlsOKLouisiana: #249 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,342 girlsLAMississippi: #381 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,241 girlsMSAlabama: #336 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,878 girlsALGeorgia: #236 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,521 girlsGAHawaii: #198 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 754 girlsHITexas: #213 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 1,155 girlsTXFlorida: #199 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,077 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New York#84 · 1 in 361
  2. Massachusetts#85 · 1 in 418
  3. Rhode Island#91 · 1 in 404
  4. Vermont#92 · 1 in 441
  5. New Jersey#94 · 1 in 425

Best ever in a state: #8 in New Mexico, 1980.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New York#843931 in 361
Massachusetts#851071 in 418
Rhode Island#91181 in 404
Vermont#9281 in 441
New Jersey#941001 in 425
Wyoming#9671 in 364
Connecticut#99371 in 467
Maine#103211 in 435
New Hampshire#105101 in 497
Pennsylvania#1062011 in 511
District of Columbia#111231 in 500
California#1221961 in 578
Michigan#1281051 in 673
Illinois#1331161 in 740
Minnesota#133421 in 774
Washington#135361 in 698
Colorado#138221 in 648
Indiana#145471 in 894
Montana#14991 in 676
Nebraska#152131 in 1,034
Utah#153121 in 686
Oregon#155181 in 835
Maryland#157251 in 898
Ohio#160841 in 1,032
New Mexico#163141 in 619
Missouri#165321 in 1,211
Iowa#169231 in 1,186
Wisconsin#172261 in 1,420
Kansas#173161 in 1,123
South Dakota#18661 in 1,174
West Virginia#188191 in 1,255
Oklahoma#189181 in 1,195
Tennessee#191301 in 1,256
Hawaii#19871 in 754
Florida#199251 in 1,077
Kentucky#202241 in 1,419
Texas#213821 in 1,155
Arizona#21491 in 990
Idaho#21851 in 1,226
Georgia#236281 in 1,521
Virginia#239211 in 1,702
Louisiana#249251 in 1,342
South Carolina#256181 in 1,545
Arkansas#292111 in 2,031
North Carolina#297211 in 2,336
Alabama#336131 in 2,878
Mississippi#38191 in 3,241
Alaska
Delaware
Nevada
North Dakota

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1949

girls
#144
2,142 births · 1 in 799 girls
boys
#2,123
13 births · 1 in 136,457 boys

Top girls' names in 1949

  1. #1Linda91,015
  2. #2Mary66,874
  3. #3Patricia46,324
  4. #4Barbara42,600
  5. #5Susan37,709
  6. #6Sandra30,643
  7. #7Nancy29,249
  8. #8Carol26,780
  9. #9Kathleen26,357
  10. #10Sharon25,713
  11. #144Andrea2,142

Top boys' names in 1949

  1. #1James86,858
  2. #2Robert83,873
  3. #3John81,178
  4. #4William61,506
  5. #5Michael60,047
  6. #6David59,611
  7. #7Richard50,946
  8. #8Thomas45,192
  9. #9Charles40,052
  10. #10Larry31,819
  11. #2,123Andrea13
More about 1949

girls

1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 799 of them was named Andrea, which outranked 97.6% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Andrea
  1. #141Georgia2,204
  2. #142Edna2,173
  3. #143Josephine2,163
  4. #144Andrea2,142
  5. #145Edith2,064
  6. #146Colleen2,032
  7. #147Emma1,999
Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. 937Sharman#1,708#771
  2. 665Roseanna#1,422#757
  3. 483Shauna#1,173#690
  4. 293Jacalyn#1,116#823
  5. 267Sanjuana#1,185#918
Fallers
  1. 339Sandie#939#1,278
  2. 296Syble#955#1,251
  3. 272Shirleen#964#1,236
  4. 266Ginny#734#1,000
  5. 260Dina#861#1,121

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

boys

1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 136,457 of them was named Andrea, which outranked 49.5% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Andrea
  1. #2,022Waylon14
  2. #2,022Wilfrid14
  3. #2,022Young14
  4. #2,123Andrea13
  5. #2,123Alice13
  6. #2,123Alois13
  7. #2,123Alwin13
  8. #2,225Abdul12
  9. #2,225Alben12
  10. #2,225Alwyn12

Tied with 101 names at #2,123; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. 538Lannie#1,107#569
  2. 411Lenwood#1,296#885
  3. 338Robby#1,296#958
  4. 326Ocie#1,323#997
  5. 319Denzil#1,127#808
Fallers
  1. 473Loyal#989#1,462
  2. 446Rich#963#1,409
  3. 395Brock#733#1,128
  4. 376Baron#972#1,348
  5. 333Murry#989#1,322

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

See the top 100 for 1949