Girls' name · since 1998
Astraea
699 babies named Astraea in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,527 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,805 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 699
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
699 babies have been named Astraea since 1998, making it today's #1805 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Astraea recorded 699 times among girls since 1998, holding rank #1805 nationally today, ahead of 90% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #9,527 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,805 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 699 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Astraea ranks #9,527 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,805 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 699 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #9,527 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,805 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 699
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Astraea's 699 recorded births place it above 86.81% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Astraea compares
699 Top 39% higher than 61% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Astraea's all-time total is 86% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Astraea | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 699 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 112 | 21 | 19,840 |
Astraea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Astraea's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 88% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 12%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 112, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Astraea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 112
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Astraea by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (475 births, 68% of the file).
2020s was Astraea's strongest decade.
475 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Astraea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
213 births
- 2020s
2020s
475 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 475 births (68% of all-time use).
How Astraea compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Astraea's total volume
Astraea by state
Where Astraea concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 57 | 8.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 55 | 7.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 22 | 3.1% |
| #4 | Washington | | 19 | 2.7% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 10 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Colorado | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #8 | New York | | 5 | 0.7% |
57 of 699 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Astraea appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Astraeas (57 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Astraea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Astraea draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.