Adrien
Adrien was given to 180 boys in 2025, #1,159 among boys’ names; 11,194 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 10,100 Americans named Adrien and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 20 years old and half are between 12 and 32.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Adrien by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Adrien mean?
Wiktionary, French section
Adrien is “a male given name, equivalent to English Adrian”
Borrowed from Latin Hadriānus, Adriānus.
/a.dʁi.jɛ̃/
Meaning: Wiktionary, French section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Adrien?
#1,159 among boys’ names, 2025
Adrien fell from #859 in 2015 to #1,159 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.14 to 0.11 per 1,000.
367 babies in 2009, the peak
Adrien peaked in 2009, when 367 babies were given it (345 boys, #696 among boys’ names). The 189 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 51% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,122 | 180 | #1,159 |
| 2024 | under 5 | 171 | #1,196 | |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,496 | 197 | #1,088 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,349 | 194 | #1,103 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,511 | 233 | #963 |
| 2020 | under 5 | 201 | #1,027 | |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,377 | 258 | #859 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,494 | 252 | #868 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,175 | 254 | #860 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,424 | 252 | #872 |
Every recorded year (120)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12 | #8,941 | 262 | #859 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,143 | 287 | #800 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,036 | 288 | #779 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,805 | 336 | #707 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,625 | 323 | #709 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,518 | 287 | #773 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,092 | 345 | #696 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,573 | 317 | #729 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,397 | 249 | #848 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,386 | 281 | #752 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 | 296 | #697 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,556 | 235 | #774 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,235 | 240 | #744 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,620 | 200 | #831 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,176 | 167 | #925 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 | 161 | #940 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,186 | 141 | #994 |
| 1998 | 34 | #3,494 | 109 | #1,143 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,124 | 125 | #1,015 |
| 1996 | 33 | #3,424 | 111 | #1,086 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,968 | 110 | #1,066 |
| 1994 | 23 | #4,372 | 107 | #1,074 |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,582 | 110 | #1,051 |
| 1992 | 26 | #3,964 | 90 | #1,159 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,178 | 96 | #1,111 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,519 | 110 | #1,004 |
| 1989 | 30 | #3,398 | 96 | #1,060 |
| 1988 | 33 | #3,035 | 91 | #1,030 |
| 1987 | 38 | #2,610 | 62 | #1,232 |
| 1986 | 28 | #3,201 | 70 | #1,126 |
| 1985 | 46 | #2,221 | 70 | #1,109 |
| 1984 | 39 | #2,420 | 66 | #1,109 |
| 1983 | 42 | #2,271 | 62 | #1,145 |
| 1982 | 56 | #1,901 | 72 | #1,072 |
| 1981 | 38 | #2,488 | 52 | #1,270 |
| 1980 | 50 | #2,069 | 51 | #1,313 |
| 1979 | 49 | #2,051 | 56 | #1,222 |
| 1978 | 41 | #2,237 | 62 | #1,109 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,267 | 51 | #1,245 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,962 | 58 | #1,112 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,854 | 39 | #1,407 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,459 | 30 | #1,618 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,871 | 35 | #1,435 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,404 | 26 | #1,722 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,789 | 29 | #1,636 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,038 | 24 | #1,794 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,419 | 18 | #1,976 |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,788 | 20 | #1,787 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,845 | 20 | #1,758 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,495 | 12 | #2,327 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,494 | 13 | #2,269 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,356 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1963 | under 5 | 22 | #1,694 | |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,860 | 16 | #2,036 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,883 | 13 | #2,321 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,168 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,300 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,107 | 10 | #2,642 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,921 | 13 | #2,274 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,837 | 7 | #3,218 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,210 | under 5 | |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,147 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 1953 | under 5 | 11 | #2,390 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 11 | #2,375 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 11 | #2,367 | |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,318 | 18 | #1,745 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,674 | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 | 20 | #1,656 |
| 1947 | under 5 | 20 | #1,695 | |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,418 | 5 | #3,532 |
| 1945 | under 5 | 22 | #1,405 | |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,575 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,695 | 19 | #1,635 |
| 1942 | under 5 | 23 | #1,468 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 13 | #1,997 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 11 | #2,179 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 8 | #2,610 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 13 | #1,977 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 11 | #2,198 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 11 | #2,185 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 20 | #1,539 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 12 | #2,122 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 18 | #1,644 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 17 | #1,778 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 22 | #1,489 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 12 | #2,295 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 26 | #1,413 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 29 | #1,353 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 27 | #1,436 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 37 | #1,174 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 33 | #1,247 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 37 | #1,187 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 30 | #1,322 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 31 | #1,308 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 31 | #1,329 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 35 | #1,225 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 23 | #1,530 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 36 | #1,152 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 23 | #1,479 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 26 | #1,336 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 33 | #1,124 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 22 | #1,261 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 18 | #1,207 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 10 | #1,620 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 6 | #1,538 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 6 | #1,279 | |
| 1906 | under 5 | 5 | #1,252 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 6 | #1,063 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 5 | #1,137 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 5 | #865 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Adrien a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 11,194 Americans recorded as Adrien, 13% are girls and 87% boys. In 2025 it went to 9 girls and 180 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Adrien: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Adrien, and how old are they?
10,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 11,194 Americans ever recorded as Adrien. The median Adrien alive today is 20 years old; half are between 12 and 32.
The 2020 Census counted 8,637 people named Adrien (1,338 women and girls, 7,299 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 9,117 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 59 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 238 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 785 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,830 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,100 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,100 |
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 Adrien born?
The states with the most babies named Adrien are California, Texas and New York, with 52% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 25 | #906 | 1.1× |
| Texas | 22 | #1,039 | 0.8× |
| New York | 17 | #798 | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | #846 | 0.4× |
| Florida | 8 | #1,353 | 1.0× |
| Massachusetts | 6 | #693 | 1.2× |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,112 | 0.4× |
| New Jersey | 6 | #917 | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,285 | 0.5× |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,113 | 0.5× |
Where Adrien is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Adrien is most over-represented in Maine: since 1910 it was given 3.1 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 Adrien 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, Adrien is the second most given (3.6% of them). In 2025 it was given to 189 of their 4,750 babies (4.0%), again the second 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 Adrien
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 Adrien and names like it
- Compare Adrien and AdrianBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sAdrien peaked in 2009.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Adrien since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Adrien: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2009The year the most babies were named Adrien.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Adrien alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with AMost given first.