girls' name ★ peaked 1981

Andrea

Meaning Latinate feminine form of Andreas and Andrew Gender Girl · 1% boys Rank 2025 #235 Trend ↓ Falling 20%

Latinate feminine form of Andreas and Andrew.

Rank 2025
#235
among girls · ↓50 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
1,333
named Andrea · -19% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,220
girls born in 2025
Peak year
1981
11,840 babies
All-time total
451,448
#79 all-time among girls
First recorded
1881
in Social Security records

Andrea popularity over time

451,448 babies have been named Andrea since 1881, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
1.883.755.637.518801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s 51 – 51 5 – #778
1890s 131 – 131 13 +157% #728
1900s 185 – 185 19 +41% #710
1910s 573 81 654 65 +254% #678
1920s 1,149 100 1,249 125 +91% #594
1930s 2,184 93 2,277 228 +82% #246
1940s 17,061 126 17,187 1,719 +655% #125
1950s 29,380 415 29,795 2,980 +73% #123
1960s 58,406 1,087 59,493 5,949 +100% #48
1970s 86,424 1,547 87,971 8,797 +48% #23
1980s 98,263 1,267 99,530 9,953 +13% #24
1990s 65,246 643 65,889 6,589 -34% #39
2000s 49,183 372 49,555 4,956 -25% #49
2010s 27,188 185 27,373 2,737 -45% #80
2020s (to 2025) 9,995 113 10,108 1,685 -38% #149

Where Andrea is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 1,264 0.79 #246
2027 1,221 0.76 #252
2028 1,185 0.74 #264
2029 1,156 0.72 #269
2030 1,131 0.70 #276

Where Andrea is most popular

Girls named Andrea per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 1.01 per 1,000. Strongest in New Mexico, Texas, and Nevada.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Andrea born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
New Mexico 60 2.47 +145%
Texas 1,813 2.25 +124%
Nevada 95 2.05 +103%
California 1,488 1.77 +76%
Arizona 212 1.51 +50%
Maryland 158 1.49 +48%
Florida 619 1.45 +44%
Kansas 77 1.33 +32%
Oklahoma 92 1.25 +24%
Illinois 277 1.21 +20%
Virginia 204 1.20 +19%
Nebraska 43 1.20 +19%
Oregon 75 1.15 +14%
North Carolina 252 1.11 +10%
Washington 159 1.10 +9%
District of Columbia 13 1.10 +9%
Colorado 122 1.09 +8%
Georgia 247 1.09 +8%
Arkansas 57 1.08 +7%
New Jersey 192 1.06 +6%
Iowa 58 0.993 ≈ national
Alabama 85 0.905 -10%
Louisiana 79 0.903 -10%
New York 348 0.879 -13%
South Carolina 79 0.879 -13%
Tennessee 139 0.877 -13%
Connecticut 51 0.877 -13%
Idaho 27 0.807 -20%
Massachusetts 95 0.786 -22%
Indiana 105 0.748 -26%
Wisconsin 76 0.738 -27%
Minnesota 79 0.732 -27%
Utah 60 0.721 -28%
Pennsylvania 158 0.668 -34%
Missouri 76 0.631 -37%
Kentucky 50 0.585 -42%
Michigan 101 0.554 -45%
Ohio 114 0.480 -52%
Delaware 5 0.441 -56%
South Dakota 5 0.350 -65%
Mississippi 14 0.299 -70%
New Hampshire 5 0.271 -73%
Alaska – – –
Hawaii – – –
Maine – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Rhode Island – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Andrea

Andrea is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #235 in 2025 with 1,317 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1881, 451,448 American babies have been named Andrea. Its peak came in 1981, when 11,840 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1980s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Andrea stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Andrea?

The median living Andrea is about 42 years old; half are between 29 and 54. An estimated 423 thousand people named Andrea are alive in the United States today.

median 42 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Andrea year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

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
1995 6,008 #55 61 #1,549
1990 8,214 #40 90 #1,136
1985 10,053 #33 121 #805
1980 10,450 #28 147 #718
1975 8,042 #28 177 #612
1970 7,708 #43 142 #695
1965 6,080 #63 118 #684
1960 4,213 #115 81 #837
1955 2,762 #139 31 #1,370
1950 2,196 #141 16 #1,881
1945 1,934 #126 16 #1,698
1940 708 #239 7 #2,886
1935 133 #554 7 #2,965
1930 143 #568 10 #2,616
1925 148 #594 10 #2,757
1920 107 #702 9 #2,975
1915 69 #791 10 #2,463
1910 27 #832 – –
1905 11 #1,165 – –
1900 13 #1,054 – –
1895 12 #935 – –
1890 6 #1,219 – –
1885 6 #926 – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Andrea

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Andrea Bocelli Andrea Bocelli Italian tenor (born 1958) Contemporary
  2. 2 Andrea Pirlo Andrea Pirlo Italian football player and manager (born 1979) Contemporary
  3. 3 Andrea Dworkin Andrea Dworkin American feminist writer and activist (1946–2005) Contemporary
  4. 4 Andrea Palladio Andrea Palladio Venetian architect (1508–1580) 16th century
  5. 5 Andrea Doria Andrea Doria Admiral of the Republic of Genoa (1466–1560) Medieval
  6. 6 Andrea del Verrocchio Andrea del Verrocchio 15th-century Italian sculptor, goldsmith and painter 1435–1488 · Medieval
  7. 7 Andrea Mantegna Andrea Mantegna Italian Renaissance painter (1431–1506) Medieval
  8. 8 Andrea de Cesaris Andrea de Cesaris Italian racing driver (1959–2014) Contemporary
  9. 9 Andrea Camilleri Andrea Camilleri Italian writer (1925–2019) Contemporary
  10. 10 Andrea de Adamich Andrea de Adamich Italian racing driver (1941–2025) Contemporary
  11. 11 Andrea del Sarto Andrea del Sarto Italian painter (1486–1530) Medieval
  12. 12 Andrea Pozzo Andrea Pozzo Italian Jesuit, painter and architect 1642–1709 · 17th century
  13. 13 Andrea Gritti Andrea Gritti Doge of Venice from 1523 to 1538 1455–1538 · Medieval
  14. 14 Andrea del Castagno Andrea del Castagno Italian Renaissance painter (c. 1419–1457) 1420–1457 · Medieval
  15. 15 Andrea Amati Andrea Amati Italian luthier (c.1505 – 1577) 16th century
  16. 16 Andrea Gabrieli Italian composer and organist (1532/1533–1585) 16th century
  17. 17 Andrea Solari Italian painter (1460–1524) Medieval
  18. 18 Andrea Appiani Andrea Appiani Italian painter (1754–1817) 18th century
  19. 19 Andrea Pisano Andrea Pisano 14th-century Italian sculptor and architect 1290–1348 · Medieval
  20. 20 Andrea Alciato Andrea Alciato Italian jurist and writer (1492–1550) Medieval

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Andrea, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Andrea?

The median living Andrea is about 42 years old. Half of all living Andreas are between 29 and 54 years old.

How many people named Andrea are alive today?

An estimated 423 thousand people named Andrea are alive in the United States, based on 451,448 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Andrea mean?

Latinate feminine form of Andreas and Andrew.

How popular is the name Andrea in 2025?

Andrea ranked #235 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 1,317 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Andrea?

451,448 babies have been named Andrea in the United States since 1881, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Andrea most popular?

Andrea peaked in 1981, when 11,840 newborns received the name.

Is Andrea a boy or girl name?

Andrea is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 99% of babies with the name.

Is the name Andrea rising or falling?

Andrea is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Andrea become more popular?

Andrea is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 1,131 girls named Andrea in 2030, which would rank around #276. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Andrea?

Well-known people named Andrea include Andrea Bocelli (singer), Andrea Pirlo (soccer player), Andrea Dworkin (writer).

Names like Andrea

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