Audra — #1936 US girls' name
25,493 babies named Audra in U.S. Social Security records since 1887, with the highest year being 1967. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 89% of names given to girls today.
24% of everyone ever named Audra was born in this single decade.
1,153 babies were named Audra in 1967 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Audra
The Social Security Administration has registered 25,493 babies named Audra between 1887 and 2024, spanning 138 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Audra currently holds the #1936 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1967, when 1,153 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Audra performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 6,155 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Audra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,077 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Audra in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Audra 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 25,493 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.
Audra at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Audra popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1887
- Peak year (1967)
- 1,153
- Annual births at peak — across 138 years of records
Currently ranks #1936 among girls.
25,493 total births across 138 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1967 with 1,153 births in a single year.
Audra popularity over time — boys
193 total births recorded since 1915 (Audra as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Audra accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Audra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 6,155 births that decade — 24% of Audra's all-time total
Audra decade highlights
- Peak decade 6,155 births
- Runner-up 5,044 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Audra's strongest decade
6,155 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Audra by state
Where Audra concentrates geographically — total births since 1887
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 2,077 | 8.1% |
| #2 | California | | 1,945 | 7.6% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 1,336 | 5.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 1,189 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 937 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 934 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 843 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 819 | 3.2% |
2,077 of 25,493 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 48 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.1% of nationwide
- California 7.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.2% of nationwide
- New York 4.7% of nationwide
- Michigan 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 48 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Audra appears in 48 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1887–2024 (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.