Adrian

#3,645 for girls in 2025, 41 births · #74 for boys in 2025, 4,464 births
Given to boys 94.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
#56
2008 · 7,938 births
Debut · boys
1880
18 births
In top 100 · boys
39 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
272,265
since 1880

Adrian over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #440, 1983peak #56, 2008girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,64541#744,464
2024#2,85758#724,642
2023#2,51770#674,666
2022#2,75662#635,044
2021#2,38475#615,144
2020#2,63164#585,321
2019#2,19384#565,786
2018#2,30279#625,817
2017#1,815114#586,236
2016#1,884108#606,337
2015#2,23684#586,540
2014#1,892106#596,706
2013#1,675126#606,854
2012#1,624133#616,952
2011#1,392164#567,349
2010#1,402163#567,409
2009#1,450160#597,633
2008#1,453162#567,938
2007#1,340181#617,742
2006#1,307179#637,383
2005#1,307169#656,727
2004#1,264170#726,140
2003#1,233171#686,110
2002#1,077197#735,684
2001#1,117189#755,424
2000#999212#785,341
1999#1,126176#795,066
1998#862246#715,429
1997#883230#954,116
1996#913215#924,112
1995#853229#963,911
1994#833241#973,814
1993#670325#993,754
1992#702307#963,859
1991#662329#933,921
1990#602376#944,000
1989#666304#1003,418
1988#557385#1013,220
1987#563355#1022,846
1986#618305#992,943
1985#517388#933,132
1984#451459#1072,656
1983#440479#1072,550
1982#497409#1172,515
1981#581317#1152,467
1980#544346#1152,393
1979#539348#1132,363
1978#553315#1112,306
1977#612274#1212,262
1976#706208#1242,119
1975#699212#1331,953
1974#732194#1381,817
1973#723199#1541,612
1972#635241#1571,678
1971#673230#1771,507
1970#717214#2001,295
1969#708200#2231,044
1968#638230#231958
1967#624232#247813
1966#778159#266756
1965#951116#268772
1964#829160#276784
1963#964121#305653
1962#871145#290703
1961#1,031112#311634
1960#1,043106#327555
1959#1,013109#353484
1958#1,05998#367443
1957#1,026104#351463
1956#977107#351441
1955#1,06290#348431
1954#1,00095#368367
1953#1,03487#345404
1952#94697#353368
1951#94596#363358
1950#876102#390298
1949#872101#380314
1948#1,09566#391305
1947#1,01276#394302
1946#1,23948#382290
1945#1,23242#395231
1944#1,25540#387241
1943#1,36736#414222
1942#1,26440#392237
1941#1,29435#362260
1940#1,40429#370237
1939#1,63822#354248
1938#1,38229#353247
1937#1,53924#361224
1936#1,44526#370217
1935#1,55023#372211
1934#1,37228#382205
1933#2,05215#392195
1932#2,23514#385210
1931#1,80319#383214
1930#2,11016#410205
1929#2,30114#383228
1928#2,62312#390230
1927#2,43314#403221
1926#1,99719#345280
1925#2,19117#363267
1924#2,30816#315333
1923#3,6418#310340
1922#2,47914#358275
1921#2,76212#358283
1920#3,5988#348284
1919#1,80121#341274
1918#2,67412#309325
1917#2,31614#330273
1916#2,65811#347242
1915#2,52611#351231
1914#1,54118#353174
1913#2,1649#327155
1912#2,1448#330130
1911#1,9567#37955
1910—#41542
1909—#39738
1908—#35541
1907—#40531
1906—#35534
1905—#36033
1904—#36830
1903—#41123
1902—#38826
1901—#33429
1900—#43027
1899—#32230
1898—#50517
1897—#36027
1896—#41722
1895—#47618
1894—#46418
1893—#53813
1892—#45818
1891—#44116
1890—#43417
1889—#46416
1888—#43019
1887—#48813
1886—#43117
1885—#54712
1884—#6639
1883—#47914
1882—#42618
1881—#50312
1880—#40318
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Adrian was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 18 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 13 boys a year got the name.

Where Adrian is popular in 2010

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #118 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 345 boysAKMaine: #155 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 527 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Adrian, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #89 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 314 boysNHWashington: #65 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 266 boysWAIdaho: #95 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 323 boysIDMontana: #108 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 325 boysMTNorth Dakota: #208 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 709 boysNDMinnesota: #76 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 308 boysMNIllinois: #50 for boys · 340 births · 1 in 205 boysILWisconsin: #92 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 380 boysWIMichigan: #101 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 430 boysMINew York: #68 for boys · 356 births · 1 in 298 boysNYMassachusetts: #82 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 306 boysMARhode Island: #63 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 192 boysRIOregon: #49 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 201 boysORNevada: #26 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 135 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Adrian, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #125 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 398 boysSDIowa: #85 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 306 boysIAIndiana: #96 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 385 boysINOhio: #161 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 729 boysOHPennsylvania: #117 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 535 boysPANew Jersey: #57 for boys · 173 births · 1 in 247 boysNJConnecticut: #68 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 253 boysCTCalifornia: #17 for boys · 1,976 births · 1 in 118 boysCAUtah: #122 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 450 boysUTColorado: #55 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 225 boysCONebraska: #75 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 246 boysNEMissouri: #154 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 628 boysMOKentucky: #141 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 562 boysKYWest Virginia: #234 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,152 boysWVVirginia: #82 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 341 boysVAMaryland: #83 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 344 boysMDDelaware: #68 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 201 boysDEArizona: #18 for boys · 303 births · 1 in 123 boysAZNew Mexico: #31 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 139 boysNMKansas: #79 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 303 boysKSArkansas: #100 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 352 boysARTennessee: #141 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 576 boysTNNorth Carolina: #100 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 445 boysNCSouth Carolina: #100 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 439 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #67 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 230 boysDCOklahoma: #48 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 206 boysOKLouisiana: #136 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 529 boysLAMississippi: #111 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 419 boysMSAlabama: #105 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 425 boysALGeorgia: #80 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 349 boysGAHawaii: #91 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 300 boysHITexas: #24 for boys · 1,206 births · 1 in 148 boysTXFlorida: #45 for boys · 493 births · 1 in 188 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#17 · 1 in 118
  2. Arizona#18 · 1 in 123
  3. Texas#24 · 1 in 148
  4. Nevada#26 · 1 in 135
  5. New Mexico#31 · 1 in 139

Best ever in a state: #16 in New Mexico, 1998.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#171,9761 in 118
Arizona#183031 in 123
Texas#241,2061 in 148
Nevada#261011 in 135
New Mexico#31721 in 139
Florida#454931 in 188
Oklahoma#481001 in 206
Oregon#49911 in 201
Illinois#503401 in 205
Colorado#551221 in 225
New Jersey#571731 in 247
Rhode Island#63211 in 192
Washington#651341 in 266
District of Columbia#67171 in 230
Connecticut#68581 in 253
Delaware#68181 in 201
New York#683561 in 298
Nebraska#75401 in 246
Minnesota#76901 in 308
Kansas#79541 in 303
Georgia#801601 in 349
Massachusetts#82981 in 306
Virginia#821221 in 341
Maryland#83821 in 344
Iowa#85501 in 306
New Hampshire#89161 in 314
Hawaii#91161 in 300
Wisconsin#92731 in 380
Idaho#95261 in 323
Indiana#96941 in 385
Arkansas#100411 in 352
North Carolina#1001161 in 445
South Carolina#100481 in 439
Michigan#1011121 in 430
Alabama#105551 in 425
Montana#108121 in 325
Mississippi#111331 in 419
Pennsylvania#1171141 in 535
Alaska#118101 in 345
Utah#122491 in 450
South Dakota#125101 in 398
Louisiana#136451 in 529
Kentucky#141401 in 562
Tennessee#141611 in 576
Missouri#154521 in 628
Maine#15591 in 527
Ohio#161831 in 729
North Dakota#20851 in 709
West Virginia#23471 in 1,152
Vermont———
Wyoming———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Adrian
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#72 → #74)
  • 16 spots since 2020 (#58 → #74)
  • 16 spots since 2015 (#58 → #74)
  • Biggest jump: 183 spots in 1899 (#505 → #322)
  • Biggest drop: 184 spots in 1884 (#479 → #663)
Rise & fade · boys
128 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2008 at #56 (7,938 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 39 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 39 yrs · run 1989–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 257
  • Highest: 1 in 257 boys born in 2008 were named Adrian (0.39%)
  • Latest: 1 in 383 boys born in 2025 (0.26%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 24.3% of all boys named Adrian (66,122) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s148#403 (1880)#483
1890s196#322 (1899)#442
1900s312#334 (1901)#380
1910s1,901#309 (1918)#348
1920s2,741#310 (1923)#357
1930s2,176#353 (1938)#376
1940s2,639#362 (1941)#387
1950s4,057#345 (1953)#359
1960s7,672#223 (1969)#274
1970s18,912#111 (1978)#143
1980s28,140#93 (1985)#106
1990s41,982#71 (1998)#91
2000s66,122#56 (2008)#67
2010s65,986#56 (2010)#59
2020s29,281#58 (2020)#66

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.

Adrian in 2010

girls
#1,402
163 births · 1 in 10,905 girls
boys
#56
7,409 births · 1 in 259 boys

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #1,402Adrian163

Top boys' names in 2010

  1. #1Jacob22,157
  2. #2Ethan18,020
  3. #3Michael17,387
  4. #4Jayden17,203
  5. #5William17,072
  6. #6Alexander16,769
  7. #7Noah16,481
  8. #8Daniel15,869
  9. #9Aiden15,547
  10. #10Anthony15,511
  11. #56Adrian7,409
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 10,905 of them was named Adrian, which outranked 92.9% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adrian
  1. #1,392Priya165
  2. #1,400Elana164
  3. #1,400Lillyann164
  4. #1,402Adrian163
  5. #1,402Alize163
  6. #1,402Aniah163
  7. #1,402Aubry163
  8. #1,414Devin162
  9. #1,414Faye162
  10. #1,414Milani162

Tied with 11 names at #1,402; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,433Tenley#2,892 → #459
  2. ↑ 2,126Elin#2,852 → #726
  3. ↑ 664Jordynn#1,353 → #689
  4. ↑ 623Kynlee#1,509 → #886
  5. ↑ 513Farrah#1,063 → #550
Fallers
  1. ↓ 502Calleigh#834 → #1,336
  2. ↓ 491Marely#851 → #1,342
  3. ↓ 477Analia#331 → #808
  4. ↓ 417Destiney#900 → #1,317
  5. ↓ 326Dayanara#810 → #1,136

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 259 of them was named Adrian, which outranked 99.6% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adrian
  1. #53Julian7,589
  2. #54Robert7,569
  3. #55Aaron7,470
  4. #56Adrian7,409
  5. #57Wyatt7,377
  6. #58Hunter7,334
  7. #59Kevin7,330
Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,631Bentlee#3,476 → #845
  2. ↑ 1,735Jencarlos#2,663 → #928
  3. ↑ 1,536Bently#2,203 → #667
  4. ↑ 940Callen#1,638 → #698
  5. ↑ 892Bode#1,665 → #773
Fallers
  1. ↓ 314Dereon#953 → #1,267
  2. ↓ 290Aaden#271 → #561
  3. ↓ 248Landin#935 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 229Rigoberto#920 → #1,149
  5. ↓ 191Dillan#793 → #984

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2010 →