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Andrea

girl name
Origin
Greek
Syllables
3
Peak era
1980s/2010s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

brave (from Greek andreios, 'manly, courageous'); a feminine classic across the Spanish-speaking world and one of the Philippines' most beloved girls' names

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The story

Andrea changes gender when it crosses a language border. In Italian it is the masculine form of Andreas, the family that gives English Andrew. Across English, German, Spanish, Czech, Scandinavian, and several other traditions, Andrea is established as feminine. The shared root is Greek andreios, traditionally brave or manly, but the same spelling does not perform the same social role everywhere. This page's US curve is overwhelmingly the feminine American story. It rises from a quiet early line through the middle twentieth century, reaches a long plateau from the 1980s into the 2010s, and eases in the 2020s. That curve should not erase the Italian masculine name, just as Italian use should not overwrite the feminine Andrea known across the Americas and Europe. Andrea is a useful reminder that gender belongs to a name's living language and community, not permanently to its letters.

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Andrea across languages

One shared root links 9 names across 6 languages.

Shared root: from Greek Andreas, related to "man" and "manly"; the apostle’s name has related forms across languages

The constellation

AndreaItalianAndrewEnglishAndreFrenchAndresSpanishAndersScandinavianAnderBasque

More branches

AndiEnglish · short formDrewEnglish · short formAndersonEnglish · surname form

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Andrea in song

Andrea
Bad Bunny featuring Buscabulla (2022)
A tender, sober track from Un Verano Sin Ti, the biggest album of 2022, portraying a Puerto Rican woman who wants only to be respected and left to live on her own terms.

How popular is Andrea around the world?

In the United States, 10,108 babies were named Andrea between 2020 and 2025. In Mexico City, there were 411 registrations of Andrea in 2022.

Andrea is on the official records of the United States, Mexico City, Spain, Norway, France, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Montevideo, Chile, Ireland, Argentina, Canada, Austria, England and Wales and South Australia.

Andrea crosses languages: it is in the latest top 300 of an English-speaking birth record, of a Spanish-speaking one and of Brazil’s 2022 census, which counts people of every age. The full lists: English and Spanish · English and Portuguese · Spanish and Portuguese

United States

1 in 2,200

In the United States, 10,108 babies were named Andrea between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 1980s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Andrea peaked in the 1980s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure. Andrea went to 2,721 US babies in 2015 and 1,333 in 2025, 49% of the earlier figure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Mexico City City

1 in 290

In Mexico City, there were 411 registrations of Andrea in 2022.

peak 20002022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (10 registrations through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Spain

1 in 400

In Spain, 110,011 residents are named Andrea, the 40th most common name among women, with a mean age of 27.7 years.
In Spain, Andrea was the 80th most common name among girls born in 2024.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Norway

1 in 440 · register 2026

In Norway, 61 girls were given the name Andrea in 2025.

1945peak 2005

share of the girls on the register for that year, SSB’s own figure

People who have or have had a Norwegian ID number, emigrants left out, from Statistics Norway’s name statistics (release of January 2026): by year of birth for 1945–2020 (everyone born that year who was ever registered in Norway, including people who registered later and people who have since died) and by year of naming from 2021; only first names carried by 200 or more living people are listed, counts under 4 are withheld, and SSB merges spellings that differ only by letters outside the Norwegian alphabet. The shares are SSB’s own, of the people of that sex and year in that count; the 2025 figure counts the children named that year, and no year is a count of births. Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 10467 (updated 2026-01-28)

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France

1 in 570

In France, about 1,030 boys named Andrea were born in 2025, the 53rd most common name among boys that year.

1980peak 2025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. This registry counts each spelling separately; the figures above are for the exact spelling Andrea, and accented spellings are separate names. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Puerto Rico

1 in 900

In Puerto Rico, 20 babies were named Andrea in 2025, and 4,976 have carried the name since 1998.

peak 20012025

share of that year’s births on record

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Brazil

1 in 1,300

At the 2022 census, 160,908 people in Brazil were named Andrea, the 208th most common name, with a median age of 45.
Among people named Andrea living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1970s than in any other decade.

1930speak 1970s2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 276 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Montevideo City

1 in 2,100 · 2011

In Montevideo, 11 girls named Andrea were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.

1940peak 19732011

share of that year’s births on record

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Chile

1 in 3,300

In Chile, 54 girls were registered as Andrea in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

1920peak 19832021

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Ireland

1 in 4,200

In Ireland, 13 girls named Andrea were born in 2025, the 304th most common name among girls that year.

1964peak 19852025

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Argentina

1 in 4,200

In Argentina, 156 newborns were given the name Andrea in 2024.

peak 20122024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Canada

1 in 4,400

In Canada, 72 girls named Andrea were born in 2024, the 419th most common name among girls that year.

peak 19912024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Austria

1 in 6,300

In Austria, 12 girls named Andrea were born in 2025, the 408th most common name among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

peak 19842025

share of that year’s births on record

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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England and Wales

1 in 13,000

In England and Wales, 31 girls named Andrea were born in 2025, ranked 1,079th among girls that year.
In England and Wales, 14 boys named Andrea were born in 2025, ranked 1,798th among boys that year.

peak 19982025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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South Australia

1 in 18,000 · 2017

In South Australia, 1 girl was registered as Andrea in 2017.

1944peak 19662017

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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New Zealand

last on record 2012

Andrea is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.

1940peak 19682025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Poland

last on record 2024

Andrea is not on the 2025 record for Poland, where names given fewer than 2 times in a year are withheld at source.

peak 20042025

share of that year’s name registrations

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Scotland

last on record 2020

Andrea is not on the 2024 record for Scotland, where spellings under 3 in total are suppressed at source.

peak 19742024

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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When you meet Andrea

Most people given the name Andrea in the United States were born between 1960 and 1999. The Andrea you meet today is most often in her 30s or 40s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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