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Andrea

Girls' name · Late 20th-century perennial

Living in the US
~421,900 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#235 among girls
Births in 2025
1,333 451,448 since 1880
Typical age
42 years, median

Andrea popularity over time

Andrea rank by birth year, 1881–2025Andrea ranked #830 in 1881 and #235 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #23, in 1978.#100#1,000#235best #23 in 197818901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1881–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Andrea in 1981 than in any other year — 11,840 of them. The name does not appear in the data until 1881. It has held a top-100 place in 51 separate years.

As of 2025 the name sits at #235, with 1,333 births that year. Compared with 2015, births are down 51%. Year on year the rank dropped by 50.

Babies named Andrea per yearPeaks at 11,840 births in 1981.11,840 in 1981018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Andrea?

An estimated 421,900 living Americans are called Andrea. That is out of 451,448 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Andrea?

The typical living Andrea is 42 years old. More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Andrea a late 20th-century perennial name.

Your Andrea

Ages of living people named AndreaHalf of living Andreas are older than 42 and half younger.median 42020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Andrea is most common

Andrea is 2.2× as common in Texas as it is nationally. New Mexico, Nevada and California follow.

Where Andrea is used more than average5 states use the name Andrea more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: 1.9× the national rateNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.8× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: 1.6× the national rateMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: 2.0× the national rateNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: 2.2× the national rateTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Andrea is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Texas 4,027 2.2×
New Mexico 141 2.0×
Nevada 239 1.9×
California 3,797 1.8×
Maryland 409 1.6×

Andrea in England and Wales

ONS recorded 45 births named Andrea in 2025, ranking it #1,079.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Andrea comes from

Latinate feminine form of Andreas and Andrew.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Andrea

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Andrea Bocelli Italian tenor and singer-songwriter 1958 96
Andrea Pirlo Italian association football player and manager 1979 85
Andrea Palladio Italian architect 1508–1580 79
Andrea M. Ghez American astronomer 1965 73
Andrea Mantegna Italian Renaissance painter 1431–1506 70
Andrea del Verrocchio 15th century Italian sculptor, goldsmith and painter (c.1435-1488) 1435–1488 66
Andrea Barzagli Italian association football player 1981 60
Andrea del Sarto Italian painter 1486–1530 60
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 188 in 1937 to 435 in 1938 — 2.3 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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