Boys' name · since 1952
Adriel
33,645 babies named Adriel in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #632 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #84 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 33,645
- born since 1952
- 2020s
- peak decade
Adriel currently ranks #84 among boys' names in America, with 33,645 babies recorded since 1952.
Social Security Administration records show Adriel recorded 33,645 times among boys since 1952, holding rank #84 nationally today, ahead of 99.4% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 2025.
- #632 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #84 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 33,645 born since 1952
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adriel ranks #632 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #84 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 33,645 born since 1952, peaking in the 2020s.
- #632 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #84 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 33,645
- born since 1952
- 2020s
- peak decade
Adriel's 33,645 recorded births place it above 98.61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
45 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Adriel compares
33,645 Top 5% higher than 95% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Adriel's all-time total is 91x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Adriel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 33,645 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 3,921 | 34 | 22,252 |
Adriel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Adriel's SSA record in two at 1992 and the more recent half accounts for 97% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 3%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1955, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 3,921, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Adriel popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 3,921
- Annual births at peak, across 74 years of records
Adriel popularity over time - girls
1,106 total births recorded since 1977 (Adriel as girls' name)
Adriel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (18,150 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Adriel's strongest decade.
18,150 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Adriel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 51
1950s
51 births
- 1960s 39
1960s
39 births
- 1970s 200
1970s
200 births
- 1980s 481
1980s
481 births
- 1990s 858
1990s
858 births
- 2000s 2,765
2000s
2,765 births
- 2010s
2010s
11,101 births
- 2020s
2020s
18,150 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 18,150 births (54% of all-time use).
How Adriel compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Adriel's total volume
Adriel by state
Where Adriel concentrates geographically, total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7,531 | 22.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 6,853 | 20.4% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 1,833 | 5.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 1,728 | 5.1% |
| #5 | New York | | 1,589 | 4.7% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 1,178 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Colorado | | 870 | 2.6% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 813 | 2.4% |
7,531 of 33,645 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Adriel appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Adriel's data
- California records the most Adriels (7,531 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~73 yrs)
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, 1952–2025 (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 Adriel 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.