Adrain — #7250 US boys' name
4,247 babies named Adrain in U.S. Social Security records since 1904, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 49% of names given to boys today.
21% of everyone ever named Adrain was born in this single decade.
112 babies were named Adrain in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Adrain
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,247 babies named Adrain between 1904 and 2024, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Adrain currently holds the #7250 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 112 babies received it in a single year. Adrain is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 568 additional births since 1923.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Adrain performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 896 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Adrain shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 561 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Adrain in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Adrain in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,247 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Adrain at a glance
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Current rank
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Adrain popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1904
- Peak year (1978)
- 112
- Annual births at peak — across 121 years of records
Currently ranks #7250 among boys.
4,247 total births across 121 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 112 births in a single year.
Adrain popularity over time — girls
568 total births recorded since 1923 (Adrain as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Adrain accounts for 12% of total recorded use across both genders.
Adrain by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 896 births that decade — 21% of Adrain's all-time total
Adrain decade highlights
- Peak decade 896 births
- Runner-up 887 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Adrain's strongest decade
896 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Adrain by state
Where Adrain concentrates geographically — total births since 1904
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 561 | 13.2% |
| #2 | California | | 217 | 5.1% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 146 | 3.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 92 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Mississippi | | 69 | 1.6% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 54 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 42 | 1.0% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 40 | 0.9% |
561 of 4,247 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 13.2% of nationwide
- California 5.1% of nationwide
- Georgia 3.4% of nationwide
- Florida 2.2% of nationwide
- Mississippi 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 20 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 13.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Adrain appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1904–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.