Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Astra

#8,371 most common girls' name of all time · #13,972 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1944–2025

Rank among girls
#8,371
Rank overall
#13,972 of 105,966
First appeared
1944
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
771
Since 2016
414
Peak year
2022 #2,561
Best rank
#2,561 2022
Girls Boys peak 69/yr
1960198020002020

Astra first appears in 1944. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 66 — 66 #2,619
2024 50 — 50 #3,189
2023 57 — 57 #2,948
2022 69 — 69 #2,561
2021 53 — 53 #3,082
2020 55 — 55 #2,938
2019 19 — 19 #6,222
2018 13 — 13 #8,231
2017 13 — 13 #8,386
2016 19 — 19 #6,459
2015 11 — 11 #9,582
2014 15 — 15 #7,720
2013 9 — 9 #11,142
2011 10 — 10 #10,495
2010 6 — 6 #15,214
2009 7 — 7 #13,909
2008 5 — 5 #17,822
2006 6 — 6 #15,372
2001 6 — 6 #13,769
2000 7 — 7 #11,995
1998 6 — 6 #12,679
1996 5 — 5 #13,876
1994 8 — 8 #9,756
1991 10 — 10 #8,131
1990 8 — 8 #9,443
1989 6 — 6 #11,158
1986 7 — 7 #8,784
1985 8 — 8 #7,751
1984 10 — 10 #6,448
1983 11 — 11 #5,934
1982 19 — 19 #4,079
1981 13 — 13 #5,374
1980 5 — 5 #10,784
1979 17 — 17 #4,308
1978 25 — 25 #3,144
1977 19 — 19 #3,813
1976 9 — 9 #6,244
1975 12 — 12 #4,965
1974 6 — 6 #7,996
1973 7 — 7 #6,933
1972 6 — 6 #7,633
1971 8 — 8 #6,242
1970 9 — 9 #5,589
1969 6 — 6 #6,953
1965 6 — 6 #6,162
1962 7 — 7 #5,619
1952 5 — 5 #6,121
1947 6 — 6 #5,192
1944 11 — 11 #2,939