Andrena
Feminine
Andrena could be built on a man's name or lengthened from a shorter woman's one, and the record does not say. It is also, exactly as spelled, the scientific name of a very large group of bees that almost nobody notices.
How old is the name Andrena?
Andrena first appears in US birth records in 1942 — 83 years ago. The typical Andrena alive today was born around 1976, making them about 49 years old. About 600 people named Andrena are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Andrena most popular?
Andrena peaked in 1968, reaching #2708 nationally. See the whole 1968 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Andrena
Most people think of bees as living in hives, and most bees do not. The genus spelled exactly like this name contains well over a thousand species of mining bees, and each female digs her own burrow in bare ground, provisions a few cells with pollen, lays an egg in each and seals them up. There is no colony, no queen and no honey. They are often the first bees out in spring, they are frequently the most important pollinators of early fruit trees, and because they nest in the soil they are wiped out by paving and heavy cultivation in a way hive bees are not. A lawn with thin patches and a south-facing bank can hold hundreds of nests, each with one female, and the people living there will assume the small holes are ants.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Two routes are available and neither is documented. As a feminine of Andrew it inherits the Greek word for a man; as a lengthening of Andrea it inherits the same thing at one more remove. The identical bee genus was named from a Greek word and is a separate borrowing, not a source.
Pronouncing Andrena
an-DREE-nuh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Some families put the weight at the front instead, and nothing on the page settles it.
Nicknames for Andrena
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1942
- Most girls named
- 199221 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2708reached in 1968
- Change vs 2008
- 0.0%6 in 2012, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Andrenas among us
people named Andrena are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Andrena sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Three short forms come out of it and none sounds like the others.
- Middle stress on three syllables is the most comfortable rhythm English has.
- It is genuinely rare while being built from familiar pieces.
- Andrina, Andreana and Adrena are all recorded and will be written for it.
- Stress placement is unsettled, so strangers will say it two ways.
- Which parent name it came from is not recorded, so the meaning has two possible routes.
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Frequently asked
- How many Andrenas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Andrena are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Andrena in 2025?
- Andrena is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Andrena with classmates?
- Andrena will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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