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Adrian

Boys' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~270,000 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#74 among boys
Births in 2025
4,505 287,982 since 1880
Typical age
21 years, median

Adrian popularity over time

Adrian rank by birth year, 1880–2025Adrian ranked #403 in 1880 and #74 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #56, in 2008.#100#7418901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2008 is the peak year for Adrian, with 8,100 births. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Adrian has spent 39 years inside the national top 100.

The 2025 position is #74, on 4,505 births. The ten-year change is -32%.

Babies named Adrian per yearPeaks at 8,100 births in 2008.8,100 in 2008018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Adrian?

An estimated 270,000 living Americans are called Adrian. SSA has recorded 287,982 births under the name since 1880. The split is about 14,500 women and 255,500 men.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Adrian?

Half of living Adrians are older than 21, half younger. The 2000s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Adrian a millennial-era name.

Your Adrian

Ages of living people named AdrianHalf of living Adrians are older than 21 and half younger.median 21020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Adrian is most common

Rhode Island uses the name 2.4× as often as the country as a whole. New Mexico, Nevada and California follow.

Where Adrian is used more than average5 states use the name Adrian more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: 2.1× the national rateNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: 2.4× the national rateRICalifornia: 1.9× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: 1.9× the national rateAZNew Mexico: 2.1× the national rateNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Adrian is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Rhode Island 226 2.4×
New Mexico 416 2.1×
Nevada 733 2.1×
California 11,199 1.9×
Arizona 1,848 1.9×

Adrian in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Adrian ranked #279 in 2025 on 161 births.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Adrian comes from

From Latin Hadrianus (“from the Roman harbor Hadria”) a place name ultimately from 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀. Doublet of Hadrian.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Adrian

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Adrian Mutu Romanian footballer 1979 53
Adrian Sutil German racing driver 1983 45
Adrian Năstase 59th Prime Minister of Romania 1950 40
Adrian Newey British Formula One engineer 1958 39
Adrian Willaert Franco-Flemish composer and founder of the Venetian School 1480–1562 37
Adrian Hasler politician from Liechtenstein 1964 35
Adrian Grenier American actor, director, producer, musician 1976 34
Adrian Pasdar American actor and director 1965 33
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Adrian

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

Same feel, less common

The same matches, limited to names given at most half as often as Adrian was in 2025.

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