Adrian
Adrian was given to 4,464 boys in 2025, #74 among boys’ names; 287,982 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 268,000 Americans named Adrian and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (93% of everyone recorded); the median is 22 years old and half are between 12 and 35.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Adrian by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Adrian mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Adrian is “a male given name from Latin or Etruscan.” Its etymology gives the sense “from the Roman harbor Hadria” (Hadrianus).
Also “a female given name from Latin (compare Adriana, Adrianna, Adrienne).”
From Latin Hadrianus (“from the Roman harbor Hadria”) a place name ultimately from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria). Doublet of Hadrian.
/ˈeɪ.dɹiː.ən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Adrian?
#74 among boys’ names, 2025
Adrian fell from #58 in 2015 to #74 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 3.4 to 2.6 per 1,000.
8,100 babies in 2008, the peak
Adrian peaked in 2008, when 8,100 babies were given it (7,938 boys, #56 among boys’ names). The 4,505 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 56% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,464 | #74 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 4,642 | #72 | 2.7 |
| 2023 | 4,666 | #67 | 2.7 |
| 2022 | 5,044 | #63 | 2.9 |
| 2021 | 5,144 | #61 | 2.9 |
| 2020 | 5,321 | #58 | 3.1 |
| 2019 | 5,786 | #56 | 3.2 |
| 2018 | 5,817 | #62 | 3.2 |
| 2017 | 6,236 | #58 | 3.4 |
| 2016 | 6,337 | #60 | 3.3 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6,540 | #58 | 3.4 |
| 2014 | 6,706 | #59 | 3.5 |
| 2013 | 6,854 | #60 | 3.6 |
| 2012 | 6,952 | #61 | 3.7 |
| 2011 | 7,349 | #56 | 3.9 |
| 2010 | 7,409 | #56 | 3.9 |
| 2009 | 7,633 | #59 | 3.8 |
| 2008 | 7,938 | #56 | 3.9 |
| 2007 | 7,742 | #61 | 3.7 |
| 2006 | 7,383 | #63 | 3.6 |
| 2005 | 6,727 | #65 | 3.4 |
| 2004 | 6,140 | #72 | 3.1 |
| 2003 | 6,110 | #68 | 3.1 |
| 2002 | 5,684 | #73 | 2.9 |
| 2001 | 5,424 | #75 | 2.8 |
| 2000 | 5,341 | #78 | 2.7 |
| 1999 | 5,066 | #79 | 2.6 |
| 1998 | 5,429 | #71 | 2.8 |
| 1997 | 4,116 | #95 | 2.2 |
| 1996 | 4,112 | #92 | 2.2 |
| 1995 | 3,911 | #96 | 2.1 |
| 1994 | 3,814 | #97 | 2.0 |
| 1993 | 3,754 | #99 | 1.9 |
| 1992 | 3,859 | #96 | 1.9 |
| 1991 | 3,921 | #93 | 1.9 |
| 1990 | 4,000 | #94 | 1.9 |
| 1989 | 3,418 | #100 | 1.7 |
| 1988 | 3,220 | #101 | 1.7 |
| 1987 | 2,846 | #102 | 1.5 |
| 1986 | 2,943 | #99 | 1.6 |
| 1985 | 3,132 | #93 | 1.7 |
| 1984 | 2,656 | #107 | 1.5 |
| 1983 | 2,550 | #107 | 1.4 |
| 1982 | 2,515 | #117 | 1.4 |
| 1981 | 2,467 | #115 | 1.4 |
| 1980 | 2,393 | #115 | 1.3 |
| 1979 | 2,363 | #113 | 1.4 |
| 1978 | 2,306 | #111 | 1.4 |
| 1977 | 2,262 | #121 | 1.4 |
| 1976 | 2,119 | #124 | 1.4 |
| 1975 | 1,953 | #133 | 1.3 |
| 1974 | 1,817 | #138 | 1.2 |
| 1973 | 1,612 | #154 | 1.0 |
| 1972 | 1,678 | #157 | 1.0 |
| 1971 | 1,507 | #177 | 0.85 |
| 1970 | 1,295 | #200 | 0.70 |
| 1969 | 1,044 | #223 | 0.58 |
| 1968 | 958 | #231 | 0.55 |
| 1967 | 813 | #247 | 0.47 |
| 1966 | 756 | #266 | 0.42 |
| 1965 | 772 | #268 | 0.42 |
| 1964 | 784 | #276 | 0.39 |
| 1963 | 653 | #305 | 0.32 |
| 1962 | 703 | #290 | 0.34 |
| 1961 | 634 | #311 | 0.30 |
| 1960 | 555 | #327 | 0.26 |
| 1959 | 484 | #353 | 0.23 |
| 1958 | 443 | #367 | 0.21 |
| 1957 | 463 | #351 | 0.21 |
| 1956 | 441 | #350 | 0.21 |
| 1955 | 431 | #347 | 0.21 |
| 1954 | 367 | #367 | 0.18 |
| 1953 | 404 | #344 | 0.20 |
| 1952 | 368 | #352 | 0.19 |
| 1951 | 358 | #362 | 0.19 |
| 1950 | 298 | #389 | 0.17 |
| 1949 | 314 | #380 | 0.18 |
| 1948 | 305 | #391 | 0.17 |
| 1947 | 302 | #394 | 0.17 |
| 1946 | 290 | #382 | 0.18 |
| 1945 | 231 | #395 | 0.17 |
| 1944 | 241 | #387 | 0.18 |
| 1943 | 222 | #414 | 0.16 |
| 1942 | 237 | #392 | 0.17 |
| 1941 | 260 | #362 | 0.21 |
| 1940 | 237 | #370 | 0.20 |
| 1939 | 248 | #354 | 0.22 |
| 1938 | 247 | #353 | 0.22 |
| 1937 | 224 | #361 | 0.21 |
| 1936 | 217 | #370 | 0.21 |
| 1935 | 211 | #372 | 0.20 |
| 1934 | 205 | #382 | 0.20 |
| 1933 | 195 | #392 | 0.20 |
| 1932 | 210 | #385 | 0.20 |
| 1931 | 214 | #383 | 0.21 |
| 1930 | 205 | #410 | 0.19 |
| 1929 | 228 | #383 | 0.21 |
| 1928 | 230 | #390 | 0.21 |
| 1927 | 221 | #403 | 0.20 |
| 1926 | 280 | #345 | 0.25 |
| 1925 | 267 | #363 | 0.24 |
| 1924 | 333 | #315 | 0.29 |
| 1923 | 340 | #310 | 0.31 |
| 1922 | 275 | #358 | 0.25 |
| 1921 | 283 | #358 | 0.26 |
| 1920 | 284 | #348 | 0.27 |
| 1919 | 274 | #341 | 0.28 |
| 1918 | 325 | #309 | 0.32 |
| 1917 | 273 | #330 | 0.29 |
| 1916 | 242 | #347 | 0.27 |
| 1915 | 231 | #351 | 0.27 |
| 1914 | 174 | #353 | 0.27 |
| 1913 | 155 | #327 | 0.30 |
| 1912 | 130 | #330 | 0.30 |
| 1911 | 55 | #379 | 0.24 |
| 1910 | 42 | #415 | 0.22 |
| 1909 | 38 | #397 | 0.23 |
| 1908 | 41 | #355 | 0.27 |
| 1907 | 31 | #405 | 0.21 |
| 1906 | 34 | #355 | 0.26 |
| 1905 | 33 | #360 | 0.25 |
| 1904 | 30 | #368 | 0.23 |
| 1903 | 23 | #411 | 0.19 |
| 1902 | 26 | #388 | 0.21 |
| 1901 | 29 | #334 | 0.27 |
| 1900 | 27 | #430 | 0.18 |
| 1899 | 30 | #322 | 0.28 |
| 1898 | 17 | #506 | 0.14 |
| 1897 | 27 | #360 | 0.24 |
| 1896 | 22 | #417 | 0.18 |
| 1895 | 18 | #477 | 0.15 |
| 1894 | 18 | #464 | 0.16 |
| 1893 | 13 | #539 | 0.12 |
| 1892 | 18 | #458 | 0.15 |
| 1891 | 16 | #441 | 0.16 |
| 1890 | 17 | #434 | 0.15 |
| 1889 | 16 | #464 | 0.14 |
| 1888 | 19 | #430 | 0.16 |
| 1887 | 13 | #488 | 0.13 |
| 1886 | 17 | #431 | 0.15 |
| 1885 | 12 | #547 | 0.11 |
| 1884 | 9 | #663 | 0.08 |
| 1883 | 14 | #480 | 0.13 |
| 1882 | 18 | #426 | 0.16 |
| 1881 | 12 | #504 | 0.12 |
| 1880 | 18 | #403 | 0.16 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Adrian a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 287,982 Americans recorded as Adrian, 5% are girls and 95% boys. In 2025 it went to 41 girls and 4,464 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Adrian: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Adrian, and how old are they?
268,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 93% of the 287,982 Americans ever recorded as Adrian. The median Adrian alive today is 22 years old; half are between 12 and 35.
The 2020 Census counted 241,093 people named Adrian (13,285 women and girls, 227,808 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 244,035 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 974 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 7,430 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 26,400 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 55,800 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 104,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 74,100 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Adrian born?
The states with the most babies named Adrian are California, Texas and Florida, with 42% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 869 | #29 | 1.9× |
| Texas | 705 | #41 | 1.8× |
| Florida | 317 | #63 | 1.2× |
| New York | 230 | #75 | 0.8× |
| Arizona | 148 | #36 | 1.6× |
| Illinois | 147 | #74 | 1.0× |
| Georgia | 146 | #73 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 125 | #98 | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 115 | #110 | 0.4× |
| Virginia | 109 | #79 | 0.6× |
Where Adrian is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Adrian is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 2.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Adrian with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 309,138 babies since 1880, Adrian is the most given (93% of them). In 2025 it was given to 4,505 of their 4,750 babies (95%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Adrian
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Adrian and names like it
- Compare Adrian and AdrienBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sAdrian peaked in 2008.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Adrian since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Adrian: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2008The year the most babies were named Adrian.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Adrian alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with AMost given first.