Adrien

Where Adrien comes from

Adrien hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #866 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1957
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1973
    Adrien Brody born
    American actor
  4. 1995
    Adrien Rabiot born
    French footballer
  5. 2009
    Peak, #696
    345 babies named Adrien — more than any year before or since.
  6. 2024
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,196.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Adrien Brody · American actor, born 1973
  • Adrien Rabiot · French footballer, born 1995
  • Adrien Silva · Portuguese association football player, born 1989
  • Adrien de Gerlache · Belgian explorer, 1866–1934
  • Adrien Manglard · French painter and engraver, 1695–1760

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.