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Andrea

Gender
Unisex
Say it
AN-dree-a
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#1,019 for girls
US rank, 2025
#235 for girls

Andrea is a name of Greek origin, meaning “manly”. In 2025 it ranked 1,019th for girls in the UK (36 babies) and 235th for girls in the US (1,317 babies).

What does Andrea mean?

Greek: Italian form of Andrew; feminine in English

“manly”

In Italian Andrea is a boys' name, the equivalent of Andrew; in English it is mostly used for girls.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Andrea a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Andrea has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 36 girls and 14 boys in the UK and 1,317 girls and 16 boys in the US.

How popular is Andrea in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,019th among girls
Babies in 2025
36 about 1 in 7,700 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 29% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 36 girls in the UK were named Andrea, making it the 1,019th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 845th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 124 girls. 14 boys were also named Andrea in 2025 (1,859th for boys).

Half of all the girls named Andrea in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Girls were 91% of the babies named Andrea in the UK in 1996, and 72% in 2025.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,079th in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1954 (#99), 1964 (#52), 1974 (#36) and 1984 (#93).

1996Busiest: 124 in 19982025
Andrea in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202536#1,019
202434#1,066
202334#1,075
202246#836
202133#1,109
202046#845
201952#790
201849#832
201772#634
201659#746
201559#730
201459#722
201372#622
201266#683
201173#608
201081#545
200965#631
200883#517
200795#464
200675#537
2005100#422
200491#434
2003101#400
200280#445
2001101#364
200098#377
1999121#312
1998124#317
1997111#343
199691#397

How popular is Andrea in the US?

Rank in 2025
235th among girls
Babies in 2025
1,317 about 1 in 1,200 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 23% in five years
Same name in a class
1.1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,317 girls in the US were named Andrea, making it the 235th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 149th. Its busiest year was 1981, with 11,686 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881. 16 boys were also named Andrea in 2025 (5,606th for boys).

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Andrea than any year since 1942.

Half of all the girls named Andrea in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.

1881Busiest: 11,686 in 19812025
Andrea in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,317#235
20241,628#185
20231,676#173
20221,859#155
20211,696#174
20201,819#149
20191,991#141
20182,168#134
20172,324#128
20162,480#128
20152,710#117
20142,563#125
20132,817#112
20123,054#100
20113,512#82
20103,569#80
20094,064#73
20084,263#72
20074,798#60
20065,006#59
20054,672#65
20045,056#57
20034,982#60
20025,118#55
20015,745#49
20005,479#55
19995,072#59
19985,133#61
19975,405#58
19965,671#61
19956,008#55
19946,482#49
19937,242#44
19928,024#39
19917,995#39
19908,214#40
19898,410#39
19888,392#35
19878,496#36
19868,639#36
198510,053#33
198410,350#28
198310,413#30
198211,374#27
198111,686#24
198010,450#28
197910,336#26
197810,461#23
19779,782#24
19768,352#25
19758,042#28
19747,472#35
19737,766#30
19728,022#30
19718,483#35
19707,708#43
19697,201#48
19687,089#48
19677,418#48
19667,144#52
19656,080#63
19645,388#77
19635,013#89
19624,540#99
19614,320#110
19604,213#115
19593,752#123
19583,243#135
19573,372#130
19563,398#127
19552,762#139
19542,723#136
19532,720#131
19522,770#132
19512,444#136
19502,196#141
19492,142#144
19482,366#128
19472,509#126
19462,301#125
19451,934#126
19442,026#128
19431,419#169
1942935#214
1941721#240
1940708#239
1939648#246
1938428#303
1937181#487
1936151#527
1935133#554
1934131#561
1933158#507
1932123#593
193188#717
1930143#568
1929107#678
1928106#679
1927111#687
1926129#631
1925148#593
1924133#649
192393#752
1922111#694
1921104#717
1920107#702
191992#728
191885#777
191766#841
191660#877
191569#791
191459#747
191358#678
191233#868
191124#875
191027#831
190927#773
190830#709
190722#790
190614#1,002
190511#1,162
190421#773
190314#931
190221#756
190112#961
190013#1,052
189916#814
189816#840
189711#982
189618#754
189512#932
189415#782
189313#826
189216#726
18918#1,006
18906#1,209
188910#839
18887#1,036
18877#937
18869#778
18856#921
18847#851
18830–
18820–
18815#830

Nicknames for Andrea

Names like Andrea

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Alexandra, Jessica, Athena, Melissa, Francesca, Georgina, Abigail, Zoe, Angela, Amber, Maria, Emily

Other spellings of Andrea

Andria, Andreah

Names related to Andrea

Andrew, Andrei, Andre, Andreea, Andra, Andrey, Ander, Andreia, Andreya, Aundrea, Andraya

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Iris

Every Greek name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Andrea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/andrea, updated 20 October 2026.