Adrain
Last seen for girls in 1997 at #13,724 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 88.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1978 · 111 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,252since 1904
Adrain over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,257 | 11 | |
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #8,166 | 9 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,275 | 23 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,777 | 12 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,320 | 17 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,935 | 19 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,098 | 25 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,746 | 15 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,263 | 23 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,463 | 21 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,714 | 28 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,994 | 25 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,377 | 32 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,919 | 26 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,823 | 27 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,135 | 36 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,979 | 37 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,902 | 36 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,636 | 25 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,044 | 31 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,188 | 28 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,618 | 36 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,222 | 44 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,398 | 37 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,450 | 35 | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #2,228 | 38 |
| 1996 | — | #1,908 | 47 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,623 | 56 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,977 | 42 | |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #1,824 | 46 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | #1,621 | 54 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #1,422 | 64 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #1,201 | 82 |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 | #1,024 | 101 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #1,223 | 69 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 | #990 | 92 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #925 | 97 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #1,011 | 81 |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 | #913 | 93 |
| 1983 | #3,806 | 20 | #956 | 85 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | #969 | 86 |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 | #971 | 86 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | #859 | 106 |
| 1979 | #3,236 | 25 | #864 | 101 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 | #811 | 111 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | #856 | 100 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | #866 | 93 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 | #850 | 96 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | #856 | 87 |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 | #925 | 76 |
| 1972 | #2,680 | 26 | #868 | 86 |
| 1971 | #3,652 | 17 | #998 | 66 |
| 1970 | #2,705 | 26 | #951 | 71 |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 | #1,152 | 46 |
| 1968 | #2,431 | 26 | #1,131 | 44 |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 | #1,215 | 38 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | #1,259 | 36 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #1,189 | 41 |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | #945 | 65 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | #1,279 | 37 |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 | #1,242 | 39 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | #1,349 | 35 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #1,295 | 37 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #1,387 | 32 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | #1,446 | 29 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #1,345 | 34 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #1,443 | 29 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #1,538 | 25 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #1,408 | 29 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #2,038 | 15 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | #1,701 | 20 |
| 1951 | — | #1,774 | 18 | |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1949 | — | #2,022 | 14 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,788 | 8 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,498 | 10 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,759 | 17 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,772 | 15 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,988 | 13 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,405 | 10 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,042 | 13 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,759 | 16 | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #1,471 | 21 |
| 1939 | — | #1,636 | 17 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,818 | 15 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,088 | 12 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,639 | 17 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,354 | 25 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,658 | 18 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,093 | 12 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,995 | 14 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,003 | 14 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,753 | 18 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,199 | 13 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,647 | 21 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,561 | 24 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,720 | 20 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,121 | 39 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,133 | 40 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #1,057 | 45 |
| 1922 | — | #1,765 | 20 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,448 | 27 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,382 | 28 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,576 | 22 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,404 | 26 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,986 | 15 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,259 | 12 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,600 | 19 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,975 | 11 | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | #1,619 | 10 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Adrain! It came in at #874, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1905–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Adrain is popular in 1956
No state had 5 or more boys named Adrain in 1956, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Adrain
- 4,751 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #12,008)
- 7,733 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #12,008)
- 6,262 spots since 2015 (#5,746 → #12,008)
- Biggest jump: 334 spots in 1964 (#1,279 → #945)
- Biggest drop: 244 spots in 1965 (#945 → #1,189)
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1978 at #811 (111 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1970–1984
- Highest: 1 in 14,791 boys born in 1978 were named Adrain (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 21.1% of all boys named Adrain (896) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 13 | #874 (1904) | #1,124 |
| 1910s | 115 | #1,404 (1918) | #1,774 |
| 1920s | 277 | #1,057 (1923) | #1,503 |
| 1930s | 162 | #1,354 (1935) | #1,804 |
| 1940s | 137 | #1,471 (1940) | #2,050 |
| 1950s | 243 | #1,345 (1957) | #1,629 |
| 1960s | 418 | #945 (1964) | #1,206 |
| 1970s | 887 | #811 (1978) | #885 |
| 1980s | 896 | #859 (1980) | #984 |
| 1990s | 501 | #1,201 (1990) | #1,865 |
| 2000s | 326 | #2,222 (2000) | #3,147 |
| 2010s | 217 | #3,377 (2010) | #4,669 |
| 2020s | 60 | #4,275 (2020) | #8,961 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Adrain in 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 200,770 of them was named Adrain, which outranked 43.3% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,696Wynell11
- #3,696Wynema11
- #3,696Zana11
- #3,910Adrain10
- #3,910Adana10
- #3,910Ailene10
- #3,910Aldora10
- #4,161Adline9
- #4,161Adora9
- #4,161Adra9
Tied with 250 names at #3,910; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 72,941 of them was named Adrain, which outranked 67.6% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,418Thornton30
- #1,418Vickie30
- #1,418Zack30
- #1,443Adrain29
- #1,443Adalberto29
- #1,443Alfonza29
- #1,443Amador29
- #1,480Aloysius28
- #1,480Anselmo28
- #1,480Arnett28
Tied with 36 names at #1,443; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.