Meaning not yet researched.
Andrea: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,317 in 2025. Its best rank was #23 in 1978.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #23 in 1978; #235 in 2025. About 99% of babies named Andrea in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#235 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1978, at #23.
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Andrea: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,317 girls in 2025. Peak: #23 in 1978 · most girls in one year: 11,686 (1981).
In 2025, 1,317 US girls were named Andrea, making it the 235th most common girls’ name of the year, down 50 places from #185 in 2024. That is 311 fewer than the 1,628 girls named Andrea in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #23, reached in 1978. The most girls given the name in a single year was 11,686, in 1981. For comparison, it was #117 in 2015 and #141 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Andrea in 143 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 5 babies. In all, 451,448 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 1.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 99,530 babies named Andrea.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 18,958 US girls were named Andrea; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 2,480. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,220 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Andrea ranked highest in Texas in 2025, at #98 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Andrew (1,334,415 babies since 1880), Andre (132,861 babies since 1880), Andres (96,733 babies since 1880) and Andy (95,492 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Andreya, Drea and Aundria are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Andi, Andrew, Andy, Drea and Rea.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Basque, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, Norwegian and Slovak. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Andreya (1,159), Drea (858), Aundria (788), Andreia (655), Anndrea (629), Andreah (451), Andry (393), Andreea (323), Aundrey (320), Andriy (232), Andri (158), Aundreya (132), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 14 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 283 | #98 | #44 |
| California | 236 | #129 | #54 |
| Arizona | 43 | #144 | #54 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | #152 | #68 |
| Florida | 115 | #154 | #96 |
| Maryland | 26 | #196 | #98 |
| Illinois | 47 | #211 | #109 |
| Kansas | 13 | #236 | #172 |
| Virginia | 34 | #238 | #140 |
| New Mexico | 6 | #255 | #70 |
| Iowa | 13 | #258 | #149 |
| North Carolina | 41 | #265 | #135 |
| Oklahoma | 15 | #274 | #146 |
| Colorado | 22 | #278 | #176 |
| Tennessee | 27 | #284 | #218 |
| Nebraska | 7 | #299 | #128 |
| Washington | 23 | #315 | #158 |
| Alabama | 15 | #320 | #360 |
| Connecticut | 9 | #324 | #253 |
| Georgia | 33 | #325 | #140 |
| Nevada | 8 | #334 | #53 |
| Kentucky | 13 | #336 | #226 |
| New Jersey | 24 | #340 | #135 |
| New York | 49 | #343 | #136 |
| Massachusetts | 16 | #356 | #223 |
| Oregon | 10 | #358 | #239 |
| Missouri | 15 | #391 | #281 |
| Wisconsin | 13 | #395 | #235 |
| Minnesota | 13 | #400 | #384 |
| Michigan | 21 | #408 | #310 |
| Utah | 10 | #410 | #228 |
| South Carolina | 12 | #411 | #174 |
| Pennsylvania | 26 | #415 | #292 |
| Indiana | 16 | #422 | #238 |
| Arkansas | 7 | #430 | #178 |
| Ohio | 21 | #505 | #273 |
| Louisiana | 8 | #542 | #412 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,317 | #235 | 16 | #5,622 |
| 2024 | 1,628 | #185 | 19 | #5,076 |
| 2023 | 1,676 | #173 | 15 | #5,948 |
| 2022 | 1,859 | #155 | 21 | #4,712 |
| 2021 | 1,696 | #174 | 18 | #5,122 |
| 2020 | 1,819 | #149 | 24 | #4,148 |
| 2019 | 1,991 | #141 | 14 | #6,122 |
| 2018 | 2,168 | #134 | 25 | #4,098 |
| 2017 | 2,324 | #128 | 30 | #3,591 |
| 2016 | 2,480 | #128 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2015 | 2,710 | #117 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2014 | 2,563 | #125 | 19 | #4,880 |
| 2013 | 2,817 | #112 | 13 | #6,262 |
| 2012 | 3,054 | #100 | 18 | #5,043 |
| 2011 | 3,512 | #82 | 20 | #4,667 |
| 2010 | 3,569 | #80 | 18 | #5,058 |
| 2009 | 4,064 | #73 | 19 | #4,928 |
| 2008 | 4,263 | #72 | 30 | #3,566 |
| 2007 | 4,798 | #60 | 22 | #4,382 |
| 2006 | 5,006 | #59 | 40 | #2,835 |
| 2005 | 4,672 | #65 | 44 | #2,530 |
| 2004 | 5,056 | #57 | 54 | #2,164 |
| 2003 | 4,982 | #60 | 38 | #2,623 |
| 2002 | 5,118 | #55 | 34 | #2,756 |
| 2001 | 5,745 | #49 | 39 | #2,490 |
| 2000 | 5,479 | #55 | 52 | #1,968 |
| 1999 | 5,072 | #59 | 53 | #1,861 |
| 1998 | 5,133 | #61 | 52 | #1,873 |
| 1997 | 5,405 | #58 | 41 | #2,128 |
| 1996 | 5,671 | #61 | 52 | #1,765 |
| 1995 | 6,008 | #55 | 61 | #1,549 |
| 1994 | 6,482 | #49 | 64 | #1,477 |
| 1993 | 7,242 | #44 | 59 | #1,539 |
| 1992 | 8,024 | #39 | 80 | #1,263 |
| 1991 | 7,995 | #39 | 91 | #1,156 |
| 1990 | 8,214 | #40 | 90 | #1,136 |
| 1989 | 8,410 | #39 | 130 | #884 |
| 1988 | 8,392 | #35 | 92 | #1,024 |
| 1987 | 8,496 | #36 | 117 | #861 |
| 1986 | 8,639 | #36 | 133 | #785 |
| 1985 | 10,053 | #33 | 121 | #805 |
| 1984 | 10,350 | #28 | 120 | #796 |
| 1983 | 10,413 | #30 | 120 | #800 |
| 1982 | 11,374 | #27 | 133 | #762 |
| 1981 | 11,686 | #24 | 154 | #694 |
| 1980 | 10,450 | #28 | 147 | #718 |
| 1979 | 10,336 | #26 | 136 | #740 |
| 1978 | 10,461 | #23 | 152 | #678 |
| 1977 | 9,782 | #24 | 159 | #671 |
| 1976 | 8,352 | #25 | 183 | #601 |
| 1975 | 8,042 | #28 | 177 | #612 |
| 1974 | 7,472 | #35 | 158 | #642 |
| 1973 | 7,766 | #30 | 147 | #659 |
| 1972 | 8,022 | #30 | 140 | #678 |
| 1971 | 8,483 | #35 | 153 | #669 |
| 1970 | 7,708 | #43 | 142 | #695 |
| 1969 | 7,201 | #48 | 121 | #709 |
| 1968 | 7,089 | #48 | 141 | #638 |
| 1967 | 7,418 | #48 | 134 | #644 |
| 1966 | 7,144 | #52 | 138 | #630 |
| 1965 | 6,080 | #63 | 118 | #684 |
| 1964 | 5,388 | #77 | 95 | #774 |
| 1963 | 5,013 | #89 | 99 | #766 |
| 1962 | 4,540 | #99 | 95 | #779 |
| 1961 | 4,320 | #110 | 65 | #951 |
| 1960 | 4,213 | #115 | 81 | #837 |
| 1959 | 3,752 | #123 | 82 | #837 |
| 1958 | 3,243 | #135 | 65 | #945 |
| 1957 | 3,372 | #130 | 67 | #925 |
| 1956 | 3,398 | #127 | 62 | #946 |
| 1955 | 2,762 | #139 | 31 | #1,370 |
| 1954 | 2,723 | #136 | 26 | #1,498 |
| 1953 | 2,720 | #131 | 24 | #1,552 |
| 1952 | 2,770 | #132 | 18 | #1,806 |
| 1951 | 2,444 | #136 | 24 | #1,521 |
| 1950 | 2,196 | #141 | 16 | #1,881 |
| 1949 | 2,142 | #144 | 13 | #2,126 |
| 1948 | 2,366 | #128 | 17 | #1,821 |
| 1947 | 2,509 | #126 | 15 | #1,992 |
| 1946 | 2,301 | #125 | 11 | #2,273 |
| 1945 | 1,934 | #126 | 16 | #1,698 |
| 1944 | 2,026 | #128 | 14 | #1,891 |
| 1943 | 1,419 | #169 | 12 | #2,183 |
| 1942 | 935 | #214 | 12 | #2,149 |
| 1941 | 721 | #240 | 9 | #2,497 |
| 1940 | 708 | #239 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 1939 | 648 | #246 | 20 | #1,493 |
| 1938 | 428 | #303 | 7 | #2,880 |
| 1937 | 181 | #487 | 7 | #2,914 |
| 1936 | 151 | #527 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 1935 | 133 | #554 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 1934 | 131 | #561 | 6 | #3,305 |
| 1933 | 158 | #507 | 8 | #2,748 |
| 1932 | 123 | #593 | 12 | #2,193 |
| 1931 | 88 | #717 | 7 | #3,106 |
| 1930 | 143 | #568 | 10 | #2,616 |
| 1929 | 107 | #678 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 1928 | 106 | #679 | 10 | #2,667 |
| 1927 | 111 | #687 | 14 | #2,203 |
| 1926 | 129 | #631 | 5 | #4,230 |
| 1925 | 148 | #594 | 10 | #2,757 |
| 1924 | 133 | #649 | 14 | #2,235 |
| 1923 | 93 | #752 | 10 | #2,777 |
| 1922 | 111 | #694 | 9 | #3,026 |
| 1921 | 104 | #717 | 11 | #2,636 |
| 1920 | 107 | #702 | 9 | #2,975 |
| 1919 | 92 | #728 | 10 | #2,680 |
| 1918 | 85 | #778 | 11 | #2,550 |
| 1917 | 66 | #842 | 13 | #2,194 |
| 1916 | 60 | #877 | 9 | #2,736 |
| 1915 | 69 | #791 | 10 | #2,463 |
| 1914 | 59 | #747 | 13 | #1,781 |
| 1913 | 58 | #678 | 8 | #2,099 |
| 1912 | 33 | #869 | 7 | #2,052 |
| 1911 | 24 | #876 | — | — |
| 1910 | 27 | #832 | — | — |
| 1909 | 27 | #774 | — | — |
| 1908 | 30 | #710 | — | — |
| 1907 | 22 | #793 | — | — |
| 1906 | 14 | #1,004 | — | — |
| 1905 | 11 | #1,165 | — | — |
| 1904 | 21 | #775 | — | — |
| 1903 | 14 | #931 | — | — |
| 1902 | 21 | #757 | — | — |
| 1901 | 12 | #961 | — | — |
| 1900 | 13 | #1,054 | — | — |
| 1899 | 16 | #814 | — | — |
| 1898 | 16 | #842 | — | — |
| 1897 | 11 | #983 | — | — |
| 1896 | 18 | #756 | — | — |
| 1895 | 12 | #935 | — | — |
| 1894 | 15 | #784 | — | — |
| 1893 | 13 | #827 | — | — |
| 1892 | 16 | #728 | — | — |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,011 | — | — |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,219 | — | — |
| 1889 | 10 | #843 | — | — |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,041 | — | — |
| 1887 | 7 | #943 | — | — |
| 1886 | 9 | #778 | — | — |
| 1885 | 6 | #926 | — | — |
| 1884 | 7 | #856 | — | — |
| 1881 | 5 | #836 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).