At a glance
- In short
- Andrea, from the Greek Andreas meaning manly, is a girl's name.
- U.S. rank 2025
- #235 of girl names
- Babies in 2025
- 1,317 (0.075% of girls)
- Trend
- Slipping #149 in 2020 to #235 in 2025
- Peak
- #23 in 1978
- Top state
- #98 in Texas
- First recorded
- 1881
Meaning of Andrea
Andrea comes from the Greek name Andreas, based on andreios, meaning manly, from anēr, man. In Italy it is traditionally a boy's name, but in English-speaking countries it is mainly given to girls. It is pronounced an-DREE-uh in both American and British English, and ahn-DREH-ah in Italian.
Notable women with the name include Andrea Ghez, the American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate who studies the center of the Milky Way, and the English novelist Andrea Levy, author of Small Island. The Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli is a famous male bearer.
In the U.S., Andrea climbed through the mid-20th century to a peak of 23rd in 1978, and the most babies given the name in a single year, 11,686, came in 1981. It has declined since and ranked 235th in 2025, with 1,317 babies.
How to pronounce Andrea
English
- Pronounced an-DREE-uh /æn.ˈdriː.ə/
Italian
- Pronounced ahn-DREH-ah /anˈdre.a/
Popularity of Andrea in the U.S.
Andrea was the #235 girl name in the U.S. in 2025, with 1,317 babies. It peaked at #23 in 1978 and has been in the top 1,000 since 1907. It first appears in the records in 1881.
- Rank among U.S. girl names (right scale, #1 at the top)
Year-by-year table, 1881–2025 143 rows
| Year | Babies | Rank | vs previous year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,317 | 235 | ▼ 50 |
| 2024 | 1,628 | 185 | ▼ 12 |
| 2023 | 1,676 | 173 | ▼ 18 |
| 2022 | 1,859 | 155 | ▲ 19 |
| 2021 | 1,696 | 174 | ▼ 25 |
| 2020 | 1,819 | 149 | ▼ 8 |
| 2019 | 1,991 | 141 | ▼ 7 |
| 2018 | 2,168 | 134 | ▼ 6 |
| 2017 | 2,324 | 128 | – |
| 2016 | 2,480 | 128 | ▼ 11 |
| 2015 | 2,710 | 117 | ▲ 8 |
| 2014 | 2,563 | 125 | ▼ 13 |
| 2013 | 2,817 | 112 | ▼ 12 |
| 2012 | 3,054 | 100 | ▼ 18 |
| 2011 | 3,512 | 82 | ▼ 2 |
| 2010 | 3,569 | 80 | ▼ 7 |
| 2009 | 4,064 | 73 | ▼ 1 |
| 2008 | 4,263 | 72 | ▼ 12 |
| 2007 | 4,798 | 60 | ▼ 1 |
| 2006 | 5,006 | 59 | ▲ 6 |
| 2005 | 4,672 | 65 | ▼ 8 |
| 2004 | 5,056 | 57 | ▲ 3 |
| 2003 | 4,982 | 60 | ▼ 5 |
| 2002 | 5,118 | 55 | ▼ 6 |
| 2001 | 5,745 | 49 | ▲ 6 |
| 2000 | 5,479 | 55 | ▲ 4 |
| 1999 | 5,072 | 59 | ▲ 2 |
| 1998 | 5,133 | 61 | ▼ 3 |
| 1997 | 5,405 | 58 | ▲ 3 |
| 1996 | 5,671 | 61 | ▼ 6 |
| 1995 | 6,008 | 55 | ▼ 6 |
| 1994 | 6,482 | 49 | ▼ 5 |
| 1993 | 7,242 | 44 | ▼ 5 |
| 1992 | 8,024 | 39 | – |
| 1991 | 7,995 | 39 | ▲ 1 |
| 1990 | 8,214 | 40 | ▼ 1 |
| 1989 | 8,410 | 39 | ▼ 4 |
| 1988 | 8,392 | 35 | ▲ 1 |
| 1987 | 8,496 | 36 | – |
| 1986 | 8,639 | 36 | ▼ 3 |
| 1985 | 10,053 | 33 | ▼ 5 |
| 1984 | 10,350 | 28 | ▲ 2 |
| 1983 | 10,413 | 30 | ▼ 3 |
| 1982 | 11,374 | 27 | ▼ 3 |
| 1981 | 11,686 | 24 | ▲ 4 |
| 1980 | 10,450 | 28 | ▼ 2 |
| 1979 | 10,336 | 26 | ▼ 3 |
| 1978 | 10,461 | 23 | ▲ 1 |
| 1977 | 9,782 | 24 | ▲ 1 |
| 1976 | 8,352 | 25 | ▲ 3 |
| 1975 | 8,042 | 28 | ▲ 7 |
| 1974 | 7,472 | 35 | ▼ 5 |
| 1973 | 7,766 | 30 | – |
| 1972 | 8,022 | 30 | ▲ 5 |
| 1971 | 8,483 | 35 | ▲ 8 |
| 1970 | 7,708 | 43 | ▲ 5 |
| 1969 | 7,201 | 48 | – |
| 1968 | 7,089 | 48 | – |
| 1967 | 7,418 | 48 | ▲ 4 |
| 1966 | 7,144 | 52 | ▲ 11 |
| 1965 | 6,080 | 63 | ▲ 14 |
| 1964 | 5,388 | 77 | ▲ 12 |
| 1963 | 5,013 | 89 | ▲ 10 |
| 1962 | 4,540 | 99 | ▲ 11 |
| 1961 | 4,320 | 110 | ▲ 5 |
| 1960 | 4,213 | 115 | ▲ 8 |
| 1959 | 3,752 | 123 | ▲ 12 |
| 1958 | 3,243 | 135 | ▼ 5 |
| 1957 | 3,372 | 130 | ▼ 3 |
| 1956 | 3,398 | 127 | ▲ 12 |
| 1955 | 2,762 | 139 | ▼ 3 |
| 1954 | 2,723 | 136 | ▼ 5 |
| 1953 | 2,720 | 131 | ▲ 1 |
| 1952 | 2,770 | 132 | ▲ 4 |
| 1951 | 2,444 | 136 | ▲ 5 |
| 1950 | 2,196 | 141 | ▲ 3 |
| 1949 | 2,142 | 144 | ▼ 16 |
| 1948 | 2,366 | 128 | ▼ 2 |
| 1947 | 2,509 | 126 | ▼ 1 |
| 1946 | 2,301 | 125 | ▲ 1 |
| 1945 | 1,934 | 126 | ▲ 2 |
| 1944 | 2,026 | 128 | ▲ 41 |
| 1943 | 1,419 | 169 | ▲ 45 |
| 1942 | 935 | 214 | ▲ 26 |
| 1941 | 721 | 240 | ▼ 1 |
| 1940 | 708 | 239 | ▲ 7 |
| 1939 | 648 | 246 | ▲ 57 |
| 1938 | 428 | 303 | ▲ 184 |
| 1937 | 181 | 487 | ▲ 40 |
| 1936 | 151 | 527 | ▲ 27 |
| 1935 | 133 | 554 | ▲ 7 |
| 1934 | 131 | 561 | ▼ 54 |
| 1933 | 158 | 507 | ▲ 86 |
| 1932 | 123 | 593 | ▲ 124 |
| 1931 | 88 | 717 | ▼ 149 |
| 1930 | 143 | 568 | ▲ 110 |
| 1929 | 107 | 678 | ▲ 1 |
| 1928 | 106 | 679 | ▲ 8 |
| 1927 | 111 | 687 | ▼ 56 |
| 1926 | 129 | 631 | ▼ 38 |
| 1925 | 148 | 593 | ▲ 56 |
| 1924 | 133 | 649 | ▲ 103 |
| 1923 | 93 | 752 | ▼ 58 |
| 1922 | 111 | 694 | ▲ 23 |
| 1921 | 104 | 717 | ▼ 15 |
| 1920 | 107 | 702 | ▲ 26 |
| 1919 | 92 | 728 | ▲ 49 |
| 1918 | 85 | 777 | ▲ 64 |
| 1917 | 66 | 841 | ▲ 36 |
| 1916 | 60 | 877 | ▼ 86 |
| 1915 | 69 | 791 | ▼ 44 |
| 1914 | 59 | 747 | ▼ 69 |
| 1913 | 58 | 678 | ▲ 190 |
| 1912 | 33 | 868 | ▲ 7 |
| 1911 | 24 | 875 | ▼ 44 |
| 1910 | 27 | 831 | ▼ 58 |
| 1909 | 27 | 773 | ▼ 64 |
| 1908 | 30 | 709 | ▲ 81 |
| 1907 | 22 | 790 | ▲ 212 |
| 1906 | 14 | 1,002 | ▲ 160 |
| 1905 | 11 | 1,162 | ▼ 389 |
| 1904 | 21 | 773 | ▲ 158 |
| 1903 | 14 | 931 | ▼ 175 |
| 1902 | 21 | 756 | ▲ 205 |
| 1901 | 12 | 961 | ▲ 92 |
| 1900 | 13 | 1,053 | ▼ 239 |
| 1899 | 16 | 814 | ▲ 26 |
| 1898 | 16 | 840 | ▲ 142 |
| 1897 | 11 | 982 | ▼ 228 |
| 1896 | 18 | 754 | ▲ 178 |
| 1895 | 12 | 932 | ▼ 150 |
| 1894 | 15 | 782 | ▲ 44 |
| 1893 | 13 | 826 | ▼ 100 |
| 1892 | 16 | 726 | ▲ 280 |
| 1891 | 8 | 1,006 | ▲ 204 |
| 1890 | 6 | 1,210 | ▼ 371 |
| 1889 | 10 | 839 | ▲ 197 |
| 1888 | 7 | 1,036 | ▼ 99 |
| 1887 | 7 | 937 | ▼ 159 |
| 1886 | 9 | 778 | ▲ 143 |
| 1885 | 6 | 921 | ▼ 70 |
| 1884 | 7 | 851 | back (not recorded in 1882–1883) |
| 1881 | 5 | 830 | new |
Andrea by state
Andrea ranks #98 in Texas (2025).
Rank by state 36 states and DC
| State | Rank | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 98 | 283 |
| California | 129 | 236 |
| Arizona | 144 | 43 |
| District of Columbia | 150 | 5 |
| Florida | 154 | 115 |
| Maryland | 195 | 26 |
| Illinois | 211 | 47 |
| Kansas | 233 | 13 |
| Virginia | 236 | 34 |
| New Mexico | 249 | 6 |
| Iowa | 258 | 13 |
| North Carolina | 265 | 41 |
| Oklahoma | 272 | 15 |
| Colorado | 277 | 22 |
| Tennessee | 282 | 27 |
| Nebraska | 296 | 7 |
| Washington | 313 | 23 |
| Alabama | 318 | 15 |
| Connecticut | 322 | 9 |
| Georgia | 323 | 33 |
| Nevada | 328 | 8 |
| Kentucky | 331 | 13 |
| New Jersey | 339 | 24 |
| New York | 343 | 49 |
| Massachusetts | 353 | 16 |
| Oregon | 353 | 10 |
| Missouri | 386 | 15 |
| Wisconsin | 391 | 13 |
| Minnesota | 397 | 13 |
| South Carolina | 403 | 12 |
| Michigan | 406 | 21 |
| Utah | 408 | 10 |
| Pennsylvania | 414 | 26 |
| Indiana | 418 | 16 |
| Arkansas | 425 | 7 |
| Ohio | 504 | 21 |
| Louisiana | 534 | 8 |
| U.S. territories | ||
| Puerto Rico | 57 | 20 |
Notable people named Andrea
- Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli rose to fame in 1994 after winning the newcomers section at the 44th Sanremo Music Festival with Il mare calmo della sera.
- Andrea Joy Campbell is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who became Massachusetts attorney general in 2023 after serving as Boston City Council president and running unsuccessfully for mayor in 2021.
- Andrea Dovizioso is an Italian former motorcycle racer, the 2004 125cc world champion, famed for his Ducati years and runner-up finishes to Marc Marquez from 2017 to 2019, who ended a 2022 stint with WithU Yamaha RNF by retiring after Misano.
- Andrea Levy was an English novelist born in London to Jamaican parents, best known for Small Island and The Long Song, whose work explores British Jamaican identity.
- Andrea Maria Nahles is a former German politician who has been director of the Federal Employment Agency since 2022.
More people named Andrea 10 more
- Andrea Martin is an American and Canadian actress known for SCTV and Great News, the My Big Fat Greek Wedding films, voice roles in Anastasia and The Rugrats Movie, and recent TV work in Evil and Only Murders in the Building.
- Andrea Mia Ghez is an American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate at UCLA who studies the center of the Milky Way.
- Andrea Stewart-Cousins is a Democratic New York state senator who has been majority leader since 2019, twice served as acting lieutenant governor, and made history as the first female Senate majority leader and the first Black woman to hold the New York lieutenant governor role in an acting capacity.
- Andrea Zanzotto was a renowned Italian poet.
- Andrea Zittel is an American artist based in Joshua Tree whose art and community work investigate how to live and what gives life meaning.
- Andrea Bajani is an Italian novelist, poet, and journalist, best known for Se consideri le colpe which won major prizes after a debut praised by Antonio Tabucchi.
- Andrea Rose Fraser is a performance artist known for institutional critique, based in New York and Los Angeles, and a UCLA professor heading the Interdisciplinary Studio.
- Andrea Orlandi Stabilin is a Spanish former footballer who played as a winger or attacking midfielder and now works as a scout and pundit for LaLiga Plus and La Media Inglesa on English football.
- Andrea Faye Gibson was an American poet and activist exploring gender, politics, social justice, LGBTQ themes, and mortality, appointed Poet Laureate of Colorado in 2023.
- Andrea Solari was a Milanese Renaissance painter once known as Andrea del Gobbo and sometimes Andrea del Bartolo, a name shared with other Italian artists.