Andrea
Andrea stands at #235 nationally in 2025, past its crest and settling. Its record runs from 1881 through a 1981 peak, 445,419 children in all.
What Andrea carries
Andrea · Greek
“man”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Andrea’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Andrea, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Andrea since 1881
Andrea peaked in 1981 at #24; #235 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Andrea is most common
The state that gives Andrea most often, per girls born there, is District of Columbia (0.25% in 2025); Texas and Arizona are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Andrea
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Andrew
#73 in 2025 · Greek
Alexander
#30 in 2025 · Greek
Andres
#200 in 2025 · Greek
Katherine
#186 in 2025 · Greek
Melanie
#142 in 2025 · Greek
Nicholas
#112 in 2025 · Greek
Angel
#67 in 2025 · Greek
Maisie
#233 in 2025 · Greek
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About Andrea
Where does Andrea rank right now?
Andrea stands at #235 nationally in 2025, past its crest and settling. The full curve since 1881 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
What is the recorded meaning of Andrea?
In our cited reference the recorded gloss is “man”, of Greek origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Which names sit near Andrea?
Nearest by the published recipe: Andrew, Alexander and Andres. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
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