Audra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AW-druh
- Origin
- Old English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,002 for girls
Audra is a girls' name of Old English origin, meaning “noble strength”. In 2025 it ranked 2,002nd for girls in the US (95 babies).
What does Audra mean?
Old English: variant of Audrey; also Lithuanian for storm
“noble strength”
A variant of Audrey, from Old English Æthelthryth; audra is also the Lithuanian word for storm.
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Is Audra a girl's or a boy's name?
Audra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 95 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Audra in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 4 girls.
Audra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Audra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,002among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 95about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 95 girls in the US were named Audra, making it the 2,002nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,593rd. Its busiest year was 1967, with 1,153 girls. It first appears in the records in 1887.
2025 had fewer girls named Audra than any year since 1965.
Half of all the girls named Audra in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
Audra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 95 | #2,002 |
| 2024 | 103 | #1,925 |
| 2023 | 108 | #1,850 |
| 2022 | 103 | #1,930 |
| 2021 | 143 | #1,487 |
| 2020 | 131 | #1,593 |
| 2019 | 140 | #1,540 |
| 2018 | 171 | #1,325 |
| 2017 | 175 | #1,331 |
| 2016 | 175 | #1,353 |
| 2015 | 193 | #1,263 |
| 2014 | 232 | #1,100 |
| 2013 | 190 | #1,254 |
| 2012 | 184 | #1,291 |
| 2011 | 173 | #1,338 |
| 2010 | 163 | #1,402 |
| 2009 | 169 | #1,398 |
| 2008 | 191 | #1,299 |
| 2007 | 192 | #1,277 |
| 2006 | 175 | #1,331 |
| 2005 | 187 | #1,216 |
| 2004 | 199 | #1,143 |
| 2003 | 201 | #1,093 |
| 2002 | 178 | #1,155 |
| 2001 | 218 | #983 |
| 2000 | 211 | #1,001 |
| 1999 | 214 | #964 |
| 1998 | 207 | #974 |
| 1997 | 210 | #945 |
| 1996 | 220 | #893 |
| 1995 | 231 | #844 |
| 1994 | 276 | #750 |
| 1993 | 273 | #757 |
| 1992 | 300 | #712 |
| 1991 | 344 | #643 |
| 1990 | 320 | #670 |
| 1989 | 378 | #578 |
| 1988 | 416 | #529 |
| 1987 | 446 | #484 |
| 1986 | 434 | #493 |
| 1985 | 480 | #453 |
| 1984 | 530 | #399 |
| 1983 | 619 | #365 |
| 1982 | 659 | #356 |
| 1981 | 568 | #398 |
| 1980 | 514 | #423 |
| 1979 | 591 | #379 |
| 1978 | 488 | #415 |
| 1977 | 468 | #436 |
| 1976 | 491 | #413 |
| 1975 | 509 | #400 |
| 1974 | 560 | #379 |
| 1973 | 592 | #358 |
| 1972 | 686 | #335 |
| 1971 | 910 | #299 |
| 1970 | 860 | #317 |
| 1969 | 845 | #310 |
| 1968 | 995 | #273 |
| 1967 | 1,153 | #246 |
| 1966 | 892 | #283 |
| 1965 | 90 | #1,109 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,378 |
| 1963 | 19 | #2,863 |
| 1962 | 26 | #2,356 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1960 | 22 | #2,572 |
| 1959 | 23 | #2,394 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,861 |
| 1957 | 19 | #2,650 |
| 1956 | 24 | #2,248 |
| 1955 | 22 | #2,340 |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,835 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,811 |
| 1952 | 28 | #1,891 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,700 |
| 1950 | 18 | #2,340 |
| 1949 | 36 | #1,542 |
| 1948 | 33 | #1,620 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,821 |
| 1946 | 20 | #2,093 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,620 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,866 |
| 1943 | 36 | #1,366 |
| 1942 | 34 | #1,387 |
| 1941 | 36 | #1,271 |
| 1940 | 31 | #1,347 |
| 1939 | 35 | #1,240 |
| 1938 | 52 | #984 |
| 1937 | 48 | #1,018 |
| 1936 | 42 | #1,081 |
| 1935 | 54 | #946 |
| 1934 | 60 | #875 |
| 1933 | 62 | #851 |
| 1932 | 55 | #953 |
| 1931 | 66 | #844 |
| 1930 | 81 | #780 |
| 1929 | 64 | #895 |
| 1928 | 78 | #816 |
| 1927 | 77 | #839 |
| 1926 | 82 | #800 |
| 1925 | 88 | #786 |
| 1924 | 78 | #849 |
| 1923 | 101 | #724 |
| 1922 | 98 | #734 |
| 1921 | 113 | #694 |
| 1920 | 107 | #702 |
| 1919 | 83 | #771 |
| 1918 | 115 | #661 |
| 1917 | 103 | #670 |
| 1916 | 124 | #605 |
| 1915 | 89 | #704 |
| 1914 | 61 | #736 |
| 1913 | 77 | #579 |
| 1912 | 80 | #547 |
| 1911 | 50 | #605 |
| 1910 | 43 | #644 |
| 1909 | 52 | #522 |
| 1908 | 36 | #639 |
| 1907 | 45 | #535 |
| 1906 | 29 | #678 |
| 1905 | 22 | #777 |
| 1904 | 33 | #586 |
| 1903 | 30 | #596 |
| 1902 | 26 | #648 |
| 1901 | 23 | #659 |
| 1900 | 25 | #725 |
| 1899 | 25 | #616 |
| 1898 | 20 | #750 |
| 1897 | 15 | #826 |
| 1896 | 24 | #635 |
| 1895 | 21 | #685 |
| 1894 | 22 | #628 |
| 1893 | 11 | #901 |
| 1892 | 20 | #638 |
| 1891 | 11 | #839 |
| 1890 | 11 | #825 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,278 |
| 1888 | 8 | #959 |
| 1887 | 9 | #788 |
Names like Audra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alba Sara Ada Ava Lara Aurora Athena Nina Alma Anna Eliza Elena
Names related to Audra
More Old English names
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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, “Audra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/audra, updated 20 October 2026.