Astra — #3181 US girls' name
705 babies named Astra in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 82% of names given to girls today.
40% of everyone ever named Astra was born in this single decade.
69 babies were named Astra in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Astra
The Social Security Administration has registered 705 babies named Astra between 1944 and 2024, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Astra currently holds the #3181 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 69 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Astra performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 284 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Astra shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 43 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Astra in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Astra in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 705 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Astra at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Astra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1944
- Peak year (2022)
- 69
- Annual births at peak — across 81 years of records
Currently ranks #3181 among girls.
705 total births across 81 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 69 births in a single year.
Astra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 284 births that decade — 40% of Astra's all-time total
Astra decade highlights
- Peak decade 284 births
- Runner-up 118 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Astra's strongest decade
284 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Astra by state
Where Astra concentrates geographically — total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 43 | 6.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 19 | 2.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 13 | 1.8% |
| #4 | Washington | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #5 | Florida | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.7% |
43 of 705 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.1% of nationwide
- Texas 2.7% of nationwide
- New York 1.8% of nationwide
- Washington 0.9% of nationwide
- Florida 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1944–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.