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Andra

#8,403 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Andra has been given to 8,164 babies in the U.S. since 1917. In 2025 it ranked #8,403 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1959, with 180 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 68% girls, 32% boys all-time.

Babies named Andra, 2025

1 in 276,000

Andra over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Andra over time

In 2025, Andra went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19172025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Andra: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Andra means

Andra has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Andra

A separate documented entry treats Andra as a feminine form of Andrejs. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

A separate documented entry treats Andra as a short form of Alexandra. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

Origin, language, and formation

Andra is used in Estonian, Latvian and Scots.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Andres, Andris and Andrew.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Scots, Andra is pronounced /ˈɑndrə/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,572 girls were recorded with the name Andra between 1917 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 180 in 1959; its best national rank was #757 in 1959.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #10,314 in 2020 to #8,403 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,209 in 2015 to #8,403 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,592 boys were recorded with the name Andra between 1947 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 99 in 1966; its best national rank was #740 in 1966.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Andra?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 276,000
12 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 134,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#8,403
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
191,493 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Andra sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 191,493 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Andra. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Andras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Andra was born before 1970 — so the typical Andra is around 55 today.

Median birth year
1970
About 55 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
22.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
9.0%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
4,882
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1960s — 22.1% of all recorded uses (1,232).

Is Andra rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−777
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,911
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,806
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.20×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
6.7%
Peak was 1959 (180)
Years since peak
66
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
33.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#757
1959

Spellings of Andra

Andra is not the most common spelling — Anna is, with 24.0% against Andra's 0.15%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Andra is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Andra was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 25,000 girls, against 1 in 64,710 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

04 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 25,000
  2. 2California1 in 33,333
  3. 3Illinois1 in 50,000
  4. 4North Carolina1 in 50,000
  5. 5Ohio1 in 50,000
  6. 6Alabama1 in 100,000
  7. 7Arkansas1 in 100,000
  8. 8Colorado1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Andra has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Andra is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Andra was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 124,702 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

05 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 20,000
  2. 2Georgia1 in 33,333
  3. 3Alabama1 in 50,000
  4. 4Florida1 in 50,000
  5. 5Illinois1 in 50,000
  6. 6District of Columbia1 in 100,000
  7. 7North Carolina1 in 100,000
  8. 8South Carolina1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Andra has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Andra around the world

Where Andra ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1998–2025
    #2,788
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2012–2023
    #856
    in 2023
  • France
    2007–2025
    #5,069
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1992–2011
    #2,838
    in 2011
  • South Australia
    1944–1980
    #634
    in 1980

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Andra

People whose public names include Andra, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Andra in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Andra. Linked forms have their own page here.

EndraAndrasAndreaAndriaCandraSandraCasandraLilandraAlexandraAndražAndrásAnndra

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Andra by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#8,403
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,911
Best rank ever
#757
1959
Peak year
1959
180 that year
First recorded
1917
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,572
Count in 2025
12

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#740
1966
Peak year
1966
99 that year
First recorded
1947
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
2,592
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Andra

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

AndieAndrewAndiAndriaAndeeAndreAndySidraKindraDedraNedraAudraDeandraLeandraAndreeAndreyaAndrayaIndraAndrianaAndersonSondraAndreiaZandraAndreina

Names with a curve like Andra

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Andra, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

JaneenTanaLanitaCharlaGinnyLesleeJonnaBettinaJoleenRoniSaritaLiane

Sibling names for Andra

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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