Girls' name · since 1887
Audra
Audra has 25,590 recorded births since 1887 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1967 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #910 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,004 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 25,590
- born since 1887
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yes -- Audra is the #2004 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 25,590 recorded since 1887.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Audra has been recorded 25,590 times among girls since 1887, currently ranked #2004 nationally and more common than 88% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1887 to 2025.
- #910 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,004 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 25,590 born since 1887
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Audra ranks #910 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,004 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 25,590 born since 1887, peaking in the 1970s.
- #910 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,004 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 25,590
- born since 1887
- 1970s
- peak decade
Audra's 25,590 recorded births place it above 98.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
48 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Audra compares
25,590 Top 6% higher than 94% 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
Audra's all-time total is 68x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Audra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 25,590 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,153 | 21 | 19,840 |
Audra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Audra's full recorded timeline at 1956, 87% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 13% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1889, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1967 peak of 1,153 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Audra popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1887–2025
- Peak year (1967)
- 1,153
- Annual births at peak, across 139 years of records
Audra popularity over time - boys
193 total births recorded since 1915 (Audra as boys' name)
Audra by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (6,155 births, 24% of the file).
1970s was Audra's strongest decade.
6,155 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Audra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 22
1880s
22 births
- 1890s 180
1890s
180 births
- 1900s 321
1900s
321 births
- 1910s 825
1910s
825 births
- 1920s 886
1920s
886 births
- 1930s 555
1930s
555 births
- 1940s 301
1940s
301 births
- 1950s 230
1950s
230 births
- 1960s
1960s
4,076 births
- 1970s
1970s
6,155 births
- 1980s
1980s
5,044 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,595 births
- 2000s 1,921
2000s
1,921 births
- 2010s 1,796
2010s
1,796 births
- 2020s 683
2020s
683 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 6,155 births (24% of all-time use).
How Audra 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 Audra's total volume
Audra by state
Where Audra concentrates geographically, total births since 1887
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 2,083 | 8.1% |
| #2 | California | | 1,945 | 7.6% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 1,336 | 5.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 1,194 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 937 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 934 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 843 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 824 | 3.2% |
2,083 of 25,590 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 48 reporting states.
Audra appears in 48 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Audra's data
- Audra's decade-level peak was the 1970s (6,155 total births); usage has since declined to 683 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Audras (2,083 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Audra
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Audra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1967)
Similar record span (~138 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, 1887–2025 (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 Audra 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.