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.
Where Andra is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Colorado#466 · 1 in 3,148
- Alabama#493 · 1 in 4,024
- Georgia#529 · 1 in 4,497
- Indiana#654 · 1 in 7,408
- Texas#728 · 1 in 6,425
Best ever in a state: #353 in Arkansas, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | #466 | 5 | 1 in 3,148 |
| Alabama | #493 | 6 | 1 in 4,024 |
| Georgia | #529 | 8 | 1 in 4,497 |
| Indiana | #654 | 5 | 1 in 7,408 |
| Texas | #728 | 15 | 1 in 6,425 |
| Ohio | #810 | 7 | 1 in 10,635 |
| Florida | #889 | 5 | 1 in 8,896 |
| Illinois | #912 | 7 | 1 in 10,657 |
| California | #992 | 13 | 1 in 10,544 |
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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 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 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 11,024 of them was named Andra, which outranked 90.6% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 21,621 of them was named Andra, which outranked 84.0% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).