Adriel — #109 US boys' name
29,712 babies named Adriel in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.2% of names given to boys today.
48% of everyone ever named Adriel was born in this single decade.
3,248 babies were named Adriel in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Adriel
The Social Security Administration has registered 29,712 babies named Adriel between 1952 and 2024, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Adriel currently holds the #109 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 3,248 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Adriel performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 14,219 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Adriel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6,569 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Adriel in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Adriel 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 29,712 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.
Adriel at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Adriel popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1952
- Peak year (2024)
- 3,248
- Annual births at peak — across 73 years of records
Currently ranks #109 among boys.
29,712 total births across 73 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 3,248 births in a single year.
Adriel popularity over time — girls
1,091 total births recorded since 1977 (Adriel as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Adriel accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Adriel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 14,219 births that decade — 48% of Adriel's all-time total
Adriel decade highlights
- Peak decade 14,219 births
- Runner-up 11,099 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Adriel's strongest decade
14,219 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Adriel by state
Where Adriel concentrates geographically — total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6,569 | 22.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5,965 | 20.1% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 1,623 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 1,571 | 5.3% |
| #5 | New York | | 1,454 | 4.9% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 1,038 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Colorado | | 769 | 2.6% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 737 | 2.5% |
6,569 of 29,712 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 22.1% of nationwide
- Texas 20.1% of nationwide
- Arizona 5.5% of nationwide
- Florida 5.3% of nationwide
- New York 4.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 45 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 22.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Adriel appears in 45 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, 1952–2024 (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.