Andrea Girl
How popular is Andrea?
#235 girl name in 2025
1,317 baby girls were named Andrea in the US in 2025, making it the 235th most popular girl name. Another 16 boys got the name (#5,606 for boys).
Andrea popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #235 for girls (▼ 50 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,317 girls, 16 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-51% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #117 in 2015, #149 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1981 (11,686 girls) |
| Highest rank | #23 in 1978 |
| First recorded | 1881 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 1% boys, 99% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Andrea counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Andrea family of names ranked #257 for girls in 2025 (#210 the year before), with 1,325 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Andrea | 1,317 | 99% |
| Andreah | 8 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Andrea is most popular
Babies named Andrea per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 2.5 per 1,000 (60 girls)
- Texas: 2.3 per 1,000 (1,813 girls)
- Nevada: 2.0 per 1,000 (95 girls)
- California: 1.8 per 1,000 (1,488 girls)
- Arizona: 1.5 per 1,000 (212 girls)
Andrea by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 51 | #778 |
| 1890s | 131 | #726 |
| 1900s | 185 | #709 |
| 1910s | 573 | #678 |
| 1920s | 1,149 | #593 |
| 1930s | 2,184 | #246 |
| 1940s | 17,061 | #125 |
| 1950s | 29,380 | #123 |
| 1960s | 58,406 | #48 |
| 1970s | 86,424 | #23 |
| 1980s | 98,263 | #24 |
| 1990s | 65,246 | #39 |
| 2000s | 49,183 | #49 |
| 2010s | 27,188 | #80 |
| 2020s | 9,995 | #149 |
Girl names about as popular as Andrea
Questions
- Is Andrea a boy or girl name?
- Andrea is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Andrea were girls.
- How popular is the name Andrea?
- 1,317 baby girls were named Andrea in the US in 2025, making it the 235th most popular girl name. Another 16 boys got the name (#5,606 for boys).
- When was Andrea most popular?
- Andrea peaked in 1981, when 11,686 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #23 in 1978.
- How many people are named Andrea?
- 451,448 babies have been named Andrea in the US since 1880. We estimate about 420,506 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 43.
- Where is Andrea most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Andrea was most common in New Mexico, at 2.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.