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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #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—
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1900#1,05313—
1899#81416—
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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 1969

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #63 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 200 girlsAKMaine: #58 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 212 girlsMEVermont: #48 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 168 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #39 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 127 girlsNHWashington: #33 for girls · 147 births · 1 in 165 girlsWAIdaho: #32 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 140 girlsIDMontana: #86 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 287 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #91 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 307 girlsNDMinnesota: #54 for girls · 147 births · 1 in 196 girlsMNIllinois: #53 for girls · 356 births · 1 in 238 girlsILWisconsin: #80 for girls · 111 births · 1 in 293 girlsWIMichigan: #45 for girls · 357 births · 1 in 201 girlsMINew York: #45 for girls · 688 births · 1 in 202 girlsNYMassachusetts: #39 for girls · 273 births · 1 in 155 girlsMARhode Island: #64 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 227 girlsRIOregon: #37 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 168 girlsORNevada: #37 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 139 girlsNVWyoming: #49 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 152 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #112 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 379 girlsSDIowa: #62 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 234 girlsIAIndiana: #51 for girls · 174 births · 1 in 235 girlsINOhio: #50 for girls · 372 births · 1 in 227 girlsOHPennsylvania: #51 for girls · 399 births · 1 in 210 girlsPANew Jersey: #51 for girls · 239 births · 1 in 207 girlsNJConnecticut: #53 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 206 girlsCTCalifornia: #40 for girls · 785 births · 1 in 204 girlsCAUtah: #37 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 162 girlsUTColorado: #33 for girls · 112 births · 1 in 146 girlsCONebraska: #56 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 219 girlsNEMissouri: #57 for girls · 148 births · 1 in 232 girlsMOKentucky: #67 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 294 girlsKYWest Virginia: #70 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 270 girlsWVVirginia: #54 for girls · 147 births · 1 in 227 girlsVAMaryland: #55 for girls · 110 births · 1 in 228 girlsMDDelaware: #49 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 173 girlsDEArizona: #47 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 198 girlsAZNew Mexico: #57 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 212 girlsNMKansas: #74 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 299 girlsKSArkansas: #58 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 237 girlsARTennessee: #58 for girls · 115 births · 1 in 264 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #47 for girls · 178 births · 1 in 224 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #41 for girls · 111 births · 1 in 182 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #36 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 157 girlsDCOklahoma: #57 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 235 girlsOKLouisiana: #54 for girls · 134 births · 1 in 230 girlsLAMississippi: #70 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 274 girlsMSAlabama: #62 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 256 girlsALGeorgia: #36 for girls · 214 births · 1 in 178 girlsGAHawaii: #51 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 206 girlsHITexas: #56 for girls · 372 births · 1 in 270 girlsTXFlorida: #46 for girls · 217 births · 1 in 204 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#32 · 1 in 140
  2. Colorado#33 · 1 in 146
  3. Washington#33 · 1 in 165
  4. District of Columbia#36 · 1 in 157
  5. Georgia#36 · 1 in 178

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#32321 in 140
Colorado#331121 in 146
Washington#331471 in 165
District of Columbia#36651 in 157
Georgia#362141 in 178
Nevada#37201 in 139
Oregon#37821 in 168
Utah#37581 in 162
Massachusetts#392731 in 155
New Hampshire#39381 in 127
California#407851 in 204
South Carolina#411111 in 182
Michigan#453571 in 201
New York#456881 in 202
Florida#462171 in 204
Arizona#47681 in 198
North Carolina#471781 in 224
Vermont#48171 in 168
Delaware#49211 in 173
Wyoming#49111 in 152
Ohio#503721 in 227
Hawaii#51241 in 206
Indiana#511741 in 235
New Jersey#512391 in 207
Pennsylvania#513991 in 210
Connecticut#531021 in 206
Illinois#533561 in 238
Louisiana#541341 in 230
Minnesota#541471 in 196
Virginia#541471 in 227
Maryland#551101 in 228
Nebraska#56461 in 219
Texas#563721 in 270
Missouri#571481 in 232
New Mexico#57381 in 212
Oklahoma#57711 in 235
Arkansas#58571 in 237
Maine#58331 in 212
Tennessee#581151 in 264
Alabama#621021 in 256
Iowa#62871 in 234
Alaska#63121 in 200
Rhode Island#64281 in 227
Kentucky#67841 in 294
Mississippi#70681 in 274
West Virginia#70441 in 270
Kansas#74481 in 299
Wisconsin#801111 in 293
Montana#86141 in 287
North Dakota#91141 in 307
South Dakota#112111 in 379

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 1969

girls
#48
7,201 births · 1 in 234 girls
boys
#709
121 births · 1 in 14,778 boys

Top girls' names in 1969

  1. #1Lisa45,028
  2. #2Michelle34,319
  3. #3Jennifer33,705
  4. #4Kimberly33,077
  5. #5Melissa23,018
  6. #6Amy21,464
  7. #7Angela21,060
  8. #8Mary19,850
  9. #9Tammy19,053
  10. #10Laura17,922
  11. #48Andrea7,201

Top boys' names in 1969

  1. #1Michael85,162
  2. #2David63,672
  3. #3James59,886
  4. #4John58,732
  5. #5Robert58,300
  6. #6William37,607
  7. #7Christopher35,672
  8. #8Mark33,388
  9. #9Brian31,669
  10. #10Richard31,085
  11. #709Andrea121
More about 1969

girls

1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 234 of them was named Andrea, which outranked 99.4% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Andrea
  1. #45Nancy7,902
  2. #46Robin7,501
  3. #47Nicole7,212
  4. #48Andrea7,201
  5. #49Theresa6,858
  6. #50Paula6,753
  7. #51Jill6,666
Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,462Shani#2,126 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,203Julissa#2,164 → #961
  3. ↑ 1,133Chelsea#1,834 → #701
  4. ↑ 667Latasha#1,519 → #852
  5. ↑ 549Britt#1,519 → #970
Fallers
  1. ↓ 455Tamiko#552 → #1,007
  2. ↓ 345Alesia#697 → #1,042
  3. ↓ 324Vickey#966 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 308Bettina#746 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 293Cammie#846 → #1,139

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

boys

1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 14,778 of them was named Andrea, which outranked 85.9% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Andrea
  1. #706Thurman123
  2. #707Billie122
  3. #707Lucas122
  4. #709Andrea121
  5. #709Erwin121
  6. #709Harlan121
  7. #709Heriberto121
  8. #715Dwain120
  9. #715Mikel120
  10. #715Ned120

Tied with 5 names at #709; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,735Dedric#2,735 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 780Jameson#1,731 → #951
  3. ↑ 589Torrey#1,393 → #804
  4. ↑ 549Jamison#1,258 → #709
  5. ↑ 534Jemal#1,083 → #549
Fallers
  1. ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
  3. ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
  4. ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302

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

See the top 100 for 1969 →