# Audra (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/audra/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɔ.dɹə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 25,783 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 193 / 25,590 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 21, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 173 | 1,338 |
| 2012 | 184 | 1,291 |
| 2013 | 190 | 1,254 |
| 2014 | 232 | 1,101 |
| 2015 | 193 | 1,264 |
| 2016 | 175 | 1,354 |
| 2017 | 175 | 1,331 |
| 2018 | 171 | 1,326 |
| 2019 | 140 | 1,541 |
| 2020 | 131 | 1,593 |
| 2021 | 143 | 1,487 |
| 2022 | 103 | 1,932 |
| 2023 | 108 | 1,853 |
| 2024 | 103 | 1,928 |
| 2025 | 95 | 2,003 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 5 | 3,814 |
| 1934 | 5 | 3,709 |
| 1935 | 5 | 3,678 |
| 1936 | 8 | 2,649 |
| 1947 | 5 | 3,757 |
| 1962 | 5 | 4,079 |
| 1967 | 5 | 4,004 |
| 1969 | 6 | 3,976 |
| 1971 | 5 | 4,969 |
| 1972 | 5 | 5,046 |
| 1975 | 6 | 4,841 |
| 1976 | 5 | 5,665 |
| 1978 | 5 | 5,865 |
| 1981 | 5 | 6,354 |
| 1983 | 5 | 6,319 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |

## People named Audra

- Audra McDonald, American actress and singer (born 1970)
- Audra Lindley, American actress (1918-1997)
- Audra Mae, American singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.