Recorded 1929–2017 Girls' name Peak 1989 507 births

Adrena — girls' name

507 babies named Adrena in U.S. Social Security records since 1929, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1920s51930s71940s51950s291960s871970s1201980s1091990s712000s442010s30
1970s
Peak decade

24% of everyone ever named Adrena was born in this single decade.

1989
Single peak year

18 babies were named Adrena in 1989 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Adrena

The Social Security Administration has registered 507 babies named Adrena between 1929 and 2017, spanning 89 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Adrena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Adrena performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 120 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Adrena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Adrena in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Adrena 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 507 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.

Adrena at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

507

Since 1929

89 years of records

Peak year

1989

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1929

Recorded for 89 years

Last year on file: 2017

Adrena popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1929

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (1989)
18
Annual births at peak — across 89 years of records
05101520 20172004199419861978197019611929 5

Adrena by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
120 births that decade — 24% of Adrena's all-time total
1920s51930s71940s51950s291960s871970s1201980s1091990s712000s442010s30

Adrena by state

Where Adrena concentrates geographically — total births since 1929

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Adrena
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
10 2.0%
California share of Adrena's total US births 2.0%

10 of 507 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Adrena?
507 babies have been named Adrena since 1929. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 1989 with 18 births.
When was Adrena most popular?
Adrena was most popular in the 1970s decade with 120 total births. The single peak year was 1989.
Where is Adrena most popular?
The top states for the name Adrena are California (10 births).
How long has the name Adrena been used?
Adrena has been recorded in Social Security data since 1929, spanning 89 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Adrena?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Adriana, Adrienne, Adrianna, Adrian, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1929–2017 (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.