Recorded 1960–2019 Girls' name Peak 1989 796 births

Adrienna — girls' name

796 babies named Adrienna in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s501970s961980s1361990s2582000s1812010s75
1990s
Peak decade

32% of everyone ever named Adrienna was born in this single decade.

1989
Single peak year

46 babies were named Adrienna in 1989 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Adrienna

The Social Security Administration has registered 796 babies named Adrienna between 1960 and 2019, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Adrienna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 46 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Adrienna performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 258 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Adrienna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Adrienna in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Adrienna 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 796 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.

Adrienna at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

796

Since 1960

60 years of records

Peak year

1989

46 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1960

Recorded for 60 years

Last year on file: 2019

Adrienna popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1960

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1989)
46
Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
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Adrienna by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
258 births that decade — 32% of Adrienna's all-time total
1960s501970s961980s1361990s2582000s1812010s75

Adrienna by state

Where Adrienna concentrates geographically — total births since 1960

Geographically diffuse
Top 4 states by recorded births for the name Adrienna
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
11 1.4%
#2 Illinois
6 0.8%
#3 California
5 0.6%
#4 North Carolina
5 0.6%
Texas share of Adrienna's total US births 1.4%
Even split

11 of 796 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Adrienna?
796 babies have been named Adrienna since 1960. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1989 with 46 births.
When was Adrienna most popular?
Adrienna was most popular in the 1990s decade with 258 total births. The single peak year was 1989.
Where is Adrienna most popular?
The top states for the name Adrienna are Texas (11 births), Illinois (6 births), California (5 births).
How long has the name Adrienna been used?
Adrienna has been recorded in Social Security data since 1960, spanning 60 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Adrienna?
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, 1960–2019 (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.