girls:
442.4k births since 1881
#78 (99th percentile)
boys:
6k births since 1912
#1525 (67th percentile)
overall:
448.4k births since 1881
#152 (98th percentile)
The name Andrea is the #152 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 448,442 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 98.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 98.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #78 (98.7% percentile) for all time with 442,449 births since 1881. For boys, it ranks #1,525 (66.7% percentile) for all time with 5,993 births since 1912.
Andrea first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (1881 for girls and 1912 for boys). Birth data for Andrea is available in 141 out of the 143 years between 1881 and 2023 (141 years for girls and 112 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Andrea has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.7% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Andrea reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 97.2% percentile (ranked #22) with 6,363 births per million. The name was most common in 1981, with 6,534 births per million (ranked 97.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1982, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Andrea ranks #168 for girls (82.3% percentile) with 955 births per million, which is 14.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Andrea reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 26.3% percentile (ranked #484) with 112 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 112 births per million (ranked 26.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Andrea ranks #902 for boys (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 6.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Andrea".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Andrea. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 24.4% confident that Andrea is pronounced as AN-dree-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AHN-dray-uh, at 19.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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