Girls' name · peaked in 1967
Audra name popularity since 1925
23,849 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Audra. Half of them were born in 1980 or earlier, so the typical Audra is about 46 years old in 2026. Audra peaked in 1967 as the #246 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 23,849
- Named Audra, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,003 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% girls
- 23,745 girls · 104 boys
- Most popular in
- Oklahoma
- 2.08× its national share
Peak year is the year Audra made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Audra births per year, 1925–2025
1967 was the biggest year for Audra both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 1985 and 1990, Audra's share of baby girls fell by 40%, from 1 in 3,590 to 1 in 5,930.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Audra's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Audra.
Decade by decade
Babies named Audra in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 389 | 19 | – |
| 1930s | 555 | 28 | #946 |
| 1940s | 301 | 5 | #1,624 |
| 1950s | 230 | 0 | #2,341 |
| 1960s | 4,076 | 16 | #1,109 |
| 1970s | 6,155 | 26 | #400 |
| 1980s | 5,044 | 10 | #453 |
| 1990s | 2,595 | 0 | #845 |
| 2000s | 1,921 | 0 | #1,217 |
| 2010s | 1,796 | 0 | #1,264 |
| 2020–25 | 683 | 0 | #2,003 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
44.8% of babies named Audra from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Audra is most popular
The index compares Audra's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Audra.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 2.08× | 543 |
| Colorado | 1.95× | 483 |
| Kansas | 1.84× | 377 |
| Arkansas | 1.82× | 375 |
| Indiana | 1.56× | 742 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Audra's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Audra.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Audra (1967).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data