Boys' name · since 1976
Abrian
Abrian has 370 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,452 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 370
- born since 1976
- 2010s
- peak decade
Abrian is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 370 have been recorded since 1976.
Abrian has 370 recorded births among boys since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2024.
- #9,452 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 370 born since 1976
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Abrian ranks #9,452 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 370 born since 1976, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,452 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 370
- born since 1976
- 2010s
- peak decade
Abrian's 370 recorded births place it above 79.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Abrian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Abrian's full recorded timeline at 2005, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Abrian popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2024
- Peak year (2016)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Abrian popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1978 (Abrian as girls' name)
Abrian by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (136 births, 37% of the file).
2010s was Abrian's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Abrian births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 30
1980s
30 births
- 1990s
1990s
58 births
- 2000s
2000s
101 births
- 2010s
2010s
136 births
- 2020s 39
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 136 births (37% of all-time use).
Abrian by state
Where Abrian concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 47 | 12.7% |
47 of 370 births nationwide.
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What to do with Abrian's data
- Abrian's decade-level peak was the 2010s (136 total births); usage has since declined to 39 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Abrians (47 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Abrian: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1976–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Abrian draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.