Astrid

What Astrid means

Danish, from Old Norse Ástríðr, meaning “god + beautiful, originally…

From Old Norse Ástríðr, from áss (“god”) + fríðr (“beautiful, originally beloved”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Astrid” (revision 92249620), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Astrid?

US: Rising: up from #884 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #532 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 818 girls got the name (#376 that year). First in the US records in 1892.

How common

• About 1 in 1,965 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,292 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,118 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AK (3.63 per 1,000 girls), ID (1.68 per 1,000 girls), ME (1.61 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Astrid is #376 in the US and #238 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Astrid were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Astryd7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Astrid

Girls

• Amalia#566“vigor, bravery”^*
• Adaline#208Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Louisa#694Form of Louis, meaning “loud; famous + battle”^*
• Ada#219“noble”^*
• Emory#339Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #339 vs #3,705 in 2025
• Evelina#778Editor’s note Up from #1,354 in 2015 to #778 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Hugh#732“heart, mind”^*
• Myles#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #223 in 2015, #100 in 2025
• Otto#277“wealth, riches”^*
• Alonzo#511Editor’s note Up from #527 in 2015 to #511 in 2025 in the US
• Conrad#417“bold, brave + counsel”^*
• Archie#301“anti-aircraft artillery”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Germanic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Astrid’s. Rank is US 2025.