Audra
Masculine · “noble strength”
Audra is given to girls far more often — 25,590 girls against 193 boys since 1880. See Audra as a girl name
Audra entered the US charts in 1915, peaked at #1660 in 1915, is rarely given in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Audra?
Audra first appears in US birth records in 1915 — 110 years ago. The typical Audra alive today was born around 1925, making them about 100 years old. Fewer than a hundred people named Audra are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
When was the name Audra most popular?
Audra peaked in 1915, reaching #1660 nationally. See the whole 1915 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Æthelthryth to Audra
The story of Audra
Æthelthryth was a seventh-century queen who left two marriages to found the abbey at Ely, and her cult was large enough that the fair held on her feast day gave English the word 'tawdry' — from the cheap lace sold there as St Audrey's lace. Audrey survived that indignity. Audra appears in American registers from the 1930s and peaked in the mid-1960s.
Meaning
noble strength
Through Audrey, from the Old English Æthelthryth — æthel, 'noble', and thryth, 'strength'. The name was worn down through Etheldreda to Audrey over several centuries. Audra is a twentieth-century American reshaping, possibly influenced by the Lithuanian Audra, 'storm', which is a separate name.
How the name formed
- Æthelthryth
- Etheldreda
- Audrey
- Audra
Related forms: Audrey · Audra · Audrée
Pronouncing Audra
AW-druh
Two syllables, stress on the first. Lithuanian says OW-dra with a different first vowel.
Nicknames for Audra
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
- 1915
- Most boys named
- 191518 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1660reached in 1915
- Change vs 1981
- 0.0%5 in 1983, from 5
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.
Audra in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Audrey in English — related form
- Audra in Lithuanian — same name
- Audrée in French — related form
Audras among us
Fewer than a hundred people named Audra are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
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Fashion outlook
Audra 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
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Frequently asked
- How many Audras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. Fewer than a hundred people named Audra are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
- How popular is the name Audra in 2025?
- Audra is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Audra with classmates?
- Audra will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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