Girls' name · since 1978
Astrea
Since 1978, U.S. Social Security records show 109 babies named Astrea, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,127 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,617 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 109
- born since 1978
- 2020s
- peak decade
Astrea currently ranks #7617 among girls' names in America, with 109 babies recorded since 1978.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Astrea has been recorded 109 times among girls since 1978, currently ranked #7617 nationally and more common than 56% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- #26,127 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,617 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 109 born since 1978
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Astrea ranks #26,127 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,617 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 109 born since 1978, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,127 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,617 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 109
- born since 1978
- 2020s
- peak decade
Astrea's 109 recorded births place it above 63.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Astrea compares
109 26th percentile among 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
Astrea's all-time total is 71% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Astrea | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 109 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Astrea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Astrea splits its recorded history at 2018: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Astrea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Astrea by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (56 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Astrea's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Astrea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 9
1970s
9 births
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
31 births
- 2020s
2020s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 56 births (51% of all-time use).
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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, 1978–2025 (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 Astrea 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.