Astra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AS-truh
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,607 for girls
Astra is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “stars”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 2,607th for girls in the US (66 babies).
What does Astra mean?
Latin: from Latin astra, ultimately Greek astron
“stars”
Found in the Latin phrase per ardua ad astra, 'through adversity to the stars', the motto of the RAF.
Is Astra a girl's or a boy's name?
Astra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 66 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Astra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Astra, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1996, with 9 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Astra than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Astra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2022. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Astra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Astra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,607among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 66about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 99% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 66 girls in the US were named Astra, making it the 2,607th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,931st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 69 girls. It first appears in the records in 1944.
Half of all the girls named Astra in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Astra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #2,607 |
| 2024 | 50 | #3,176 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,936 |
| 2022 | 69 | #2,554 |
| 2021 | 53 | #3,069 |
| 2020 | 55 | #2,931 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,230 |
| 1978 | 25 | #3,098 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,760 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,761 |
Names like Astra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Astra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/astra, updated 20 October 2026.