Andra
Andra is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 14 births. Its best rank was 757th, in 1959.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 140.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1959180 births
- Best rank
- #757in 1959
- Since 1917
- 8,152people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,560 girls have been named Andra in the United States since 1917, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1959, with 180 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1970, and the 1960s alone account for 22%. It has spent 10 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Andra is used for both sexes: 32% of its bearers are boys (2,592), most of them born around 1966.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Andra | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | |
| 1920s | 11 | |
| 1930s | 97 | |
| 1940s | 576 | |
| 1950s | 824 | |
| 1960s | 1,232 | |
| 1970s | 1,029 | |
| 1980s | 832 | |
| 1990s | 420 | |
| 2000s | 332 | |
| 2010s | 152 | |
| 2020s | 49 |
In 1959, its biggest year
Andra was the 757th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1959 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Karen and Donna. See all of 1959.
Names that rose and fell with Andra
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tanapeak 1962
- Charlapeak 1969
- Janeanpeak 1962
- Donnettapeak 1962
- Lanitapeak 1958
- Rochellepeak 1969
- Charipeak 1960
- Janeenpeak 1970
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.